For the first (and only) time, visitors to Florence鈥檚 Duomo will be able to admire up-close the monumental rose window of the fa莽ade, or 鈥渞osone鈥, designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti in 1405.
After a long and complex renovation work commissioned by the , the rosone is exceptionally on view inside the Baptistery until September 8, before being placed where it once stood, above the door of the Duomo鈥檚 unfinished fa莽ade by Arnolfo di Cambio, 30 meters above the ground.
The rosone has a diameter of 6 meters and represents the Assumption and Crowning of the Virgin Mary; it is part of the extraordinary cycle of 44 glass walls made for the Florentine cathedral between 1394 and 1444, based on drawings of such artists as Donatello and Paolo Uccello. The rose window for the fa莽ade was designed by early Renaissance artist Lorenzo Ghiberti, the creator of the bronze doors of the Baptistery, and manufactured by master glass-maker Niccol貌 di Piero Tedesco.
If you鈥檙e in Florence over the summer, don鈥檛 miss this unique chance to observe up close the details of the composition and the nuances of colors, restored to their original splendor.
, which, for 鈧10, will also give you access to Brunelleschi's Dome, Giotto's Bell Tower, the Baptistery of San Giovanni and the Crypt of Santa Reparata.
