![]() ![]() ![]() Two test panels from the proposals submitted by Ghiberti and Brunelleschi, are exhibited in the Bargello Museum. In times of Dante claimed to have Roman origins and the Florentines, emphasizing the intention of the city to show off a glorious past, they rushed to support this claim, and it was this building chosen as representative works of the early “Renaissance “in Florence.Īrt historians often based on the date of the contest held in 1401 for the construction of the second set of bronze doors for the Basilica as the starting date of this great artistic movement, this honor went to Lorenzo Ghiberti. We know that in 1059 served as the cathedral of Florence. Ambrose, bishop of Milan, established him as the first Basilica of San Lorenzo (393 AD) originally being a basilica, not a baptistery, and the IX He became a cathedral. The oldest parts of the current building dates back to the 4th century, when St. Interestingly, even today the date of its foundation is uncertain, although it is generally considered to have been built in the sixth or seventh century or even in the IV or V. The Baptistery of San Giovanni is one of the oldest and most revered buildings Florence, and has always held a special place in the history of the city.
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