# Brunelleschi's Dome

Florence, Italy

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.

## Roots Earth

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.

Coordinates: 43.77308, 11.256951

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