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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 04/06/2026 16:39:00

Tucked behind a deceptively bare facade on the southern bank of the Arno in Florence, the Basilica of Santo Spirito hides one of the most refined interiors of the Italian Renaissance. Designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and largely built after his death, the church was begun in the 1440s and completed in the 1480s, the architect last and arguably most complete work. Brunelleschi plan is a Latin cross with the curious feature of repeating the same simple module along the aisles and around the trans...