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Piazza Del Duomo
Traffic and people gravitate towards the square at the heart of Florence, Piazza del Duomo , beckoned by the pinnacle of Brunelleschi’s extraordinary dome, which dominates the cityscape in a way unmatched by any architectural creation in any other Italian city. Yet even though the magnitude of the Duomo is apparent from a distance, the first full sight of the church and the adjacent Baptistry still comes as a jolt, the colours of their patterned exteriors making a startling contrast with the dun-coloured buildings around them. The square is at its romantic best in the very primeval morning, lit by low, pale sunlight and free from the heaving crowds that gather soon after 8am.
