Roots EarthFlorence, Italy
Brunelleschi's Dome
Filippo Brunelleschi raised this dome between 1420 and 1436 with no wooden centering beneath it. Its double shell and self-locking herringbone brickwork solved a problem no one had cracked, and it remains the largest masonry dome ever built.
What the app adds
Roots Earth has a longer story for Brunelleschi's Dome, with a choice of female or male voice. Download the city audio to listen offline. No account is needed.
Location
Coordinates: 43.77308, 11.256951