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Here’s a wallpaper that shows some of the beauty and majestic lines that can be found on the Duomo of Firenze.

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Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its 600 years of extraordinary artistic activity can be seen above all in the 13th-century cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore), the Church of Santa Croce, the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace, the work of great masters such as Giotto, Brunelleschi, Botticelli and Michelangelo. It is accordingly classified as a World heritage site.

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The Ponte Vecchio (Italian for Old Bridge)is a Medieval bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewelers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. It has been described as Europe’s oldest wholly-stone, closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge, but there are far older segmental arch bridges such as Alconétar Bridge. The Ponte Vecchio’s two neighbouring bridges are the Ponte Santa Trinità and the Ponte alle Grazie.

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The first episcopal church of Florence was the ancient basilica of Saint Lawrence ‘outside the walls’, consecrated by Saint Ambrose of Milan in 394. The next main church and cathedral was the Basilica of Santa Reparata, Martyr, which - as can be deduced from recent excavations - was built in the 5th or 6th century. When its rebuilding and enlargement were decreed, Boniface VIII’s legate, Cardinal Valeriano, solemnly laid the first stone of the new cathedral on the Feast of Mary’s Nativity, in 1296. In 1412 the new name of Santa Maria del Fiore (Our Lady of the Flower, or ‘of Florence’) was officially assigned to the magnificent church that by then had arisen on the remains of the earlier basilica. In 1420, Pope Martin V conferred the privileges of a metropolitan church, and Santa Maria del Fiore was finally consecrated on March 25, 1436, by Pope Eugenius IV. This is a marvellous piece of architecture which resonates with the city and provides a central point of reference for all Florentine’s. You can download this desktop wallpaper to bring this wonderful building into your home.

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Florence was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. Politically, economically, and culturally it was just about the most important city in Europe for something approaching 250 years - from sometime before 1300 until the early 1500s. Florentines reinvented money - in the form of the gold florin - which was the engine that drove Europe out of the “Dark Ages” a term invented by Petrarch, a Florentine. They financed the development of industry all over Europe - from Britain to Bruges, to Lyon, to Hungary. They financed the English kings during the Hundred Years War. They financed the papacy, including the construction of Avignon and the reconstruction of Rome when the papacy returned from the “Babylonian captivity”. This photo shows the rooftops of this famous and magnificient city.

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We like the Duomo so much, we’re putting another desktop out of this fantastic piece of architecture. The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church (Duomo) of Florence, Italy, begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th century Gothic Revival facade by Emilio De Fabris. This desktop shows the Duomo as seen from Piazzale Michelangelo.

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The Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral of Florence, with construction beginning in 1296. The Cathedral complex includes a baptistry and Giotto’s bell tower. Taken collectively, they are listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO. In this photo the Duomo of Firenze can be seen as well as the Palazzo found in Piazza della Signoria.

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Rome is the capital city of Italy and the Capo Luogo of Lazio. It is Italy’s largest and most populous city and is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber river. Rome’s history as a city spans over two and a half thousand years, as one of the founding cities of Western Civilisation. It was the centre of the Roman Empire, which dominated Europe, North Africa and the Middle East for four hundred years from the 1st Century BC till the 4th Century AD. Rome has a significant place in the story of Christianity up to the present day as the home of the Roman Catholic Church and the site of the Vatican City, an independent city-state run by the Catholic Church within as an enclave of Rome. This desktop wallpaper paper depicts one of the many sculptures that are scattered throughout the city.

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Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterreanean sea and is surrounded by the French Island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Tunisia and the Balearic Islands. This photo captures a small example of the wonderful Sardinian coastline and the clear blue waters found all around the Island.

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This desktop wallpaper brings a little sunshine and relaxation to your computer with a picture taken on the fabulous island of Sardinia. Under a lemon tree a hammock provides an invitation and timely reminder that holidays are an important part of the year!

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