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  • Coronation of the Virgin, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1440-41, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 9, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ in heaven crowns the Virgin, both robed in white. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Dominic in thought, detail from Mocking of Christ, with the Virgin and St Dominic, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 7, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is blindfolded and crowned with thorns, and jeering soldiers appear as disembodied hands, a spitting head, cap raised in sarcasm, a hand and beating stick. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mocking of Christ, with the Virgin and St Dominic, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 7, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is blindfolded and crowned with thorns, and jeering soldiers appear as disembodied hands, a spitting head, cap raised in sarcasm, a hand and beating stick. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Francesco I de Medici, 1541-87, second Grand Duke of Tuscany, 17th century painting by Florentine artist, in the Main Room on the first floor, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Ferdinando I de Medici, 1549-1606, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1587, in the style of Pourbus, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacred Conversation, or The Medici as Holy Family, Mannerist painting, detail, 1575, by Giovanni Maria Butteri, 1540–1606, with portraits of Cosimo I de Medici's family, in the Sala Isabella, bedroom of Isabella de Medici, who was killed in the villa in 1576, in the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti (who designed the ramps and steps known as Medici bridges or scalee medicee), Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It is now a museum, the Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, or Museum of Hunting and Territory, and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Red Dining Room or Tapestry Room, used for formal banquets for the Savoy Monarchy, with neoclassical furniture, crystal chandeliers and 17th century Flemish tapestries, at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The Italian garden was designed by Il Tribolo, 1500-50. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virtue, fresco, detail, by Alessandro Allori, 1535-1607, above a door in the Sala di Leone X, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The hall was designed by Sangallo in 1485 and is painted with frescoes by Pontormo, Allori, Andrea del Sarto and Franciabigio exalting the glory of the Medici dynasty. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mary of Clopas and St John flanking the Virgin Mary, with Mary Magdalene supporting her seen from behind, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apostle John, from the Transfiguration of Christ, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1437-45, by Fra Angelico, 1387-1455, in the convent of the Basilica di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The fresco depicts Christ with outstretched arms and the apostles Peter, James and John at his feet, flanked by the Virgin Mary and St Dominic, with the heads of Elijah and Moses. The fresco is painted in cell no. 6, a monk's cell, to encourage private devotion. The convent is now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, and was home to Fra Angelico, who was a Dominican monk and prior and who decorated the chapter house, cloister and first floor cells. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Michelangelo Buonarotti, bronze head, by Daniele da Voltera, in the Camera degli Angioli, in Casa Buonarotti, the 17th century palace home of the Buonarotti family, on Via Ghibellina in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The building is now a museum dedicated to the work of Michelangelo Buonarotti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Paolo Masgagni, 1755-1815, Italian physician, on the facade of the Galleria degli Uffizi, or Uffizi Gallery, an art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The Uffizi building was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici and completed by Alfonso Parigi and Bernardo Buontalenti in 1581. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Deposition painting from the tomb of Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, designed by Giorgio Vasari and built 1564-74, in the Basilica di Santa Croce, or Basilica of the Holy Cross, built 1294-1385, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pitti Tondo, 1503-4, detail, marble Renaissance bas-relief of the Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist by Michelangelo, 1475-1564, in the lower sculpture room of the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The Bargello was originally a 13th century barracks and prison and opened as a museum in 1865. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orpheus statue, by Baccio Bandinelli, in the inner courtyard of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, a Renaissance palace designed by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo for Cosimo de Medici and built 1444-84, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The courtyard is surrounded by a Corinthian arcade. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Neptune fountain, 1565-68, by Stoldo Lorenzi, in the Giardino di Boboli or Boboli Gardens, a park opened to the public in 1766, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The sculpture depicts Neptune striking the ground with his trident to bring forth water, with a grotto of nymphs beneath. The Boboli Gardens were designed and built for the Medici family and are next to the Pitti Palace, their family home. They were begun in the mid 16th century and made by Niccolo Tribolo, Bartolomeo Ammanati, Giorgio Vasari and Bernardo Buontalenti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hexagonal panel with carved relief representing Hunting, by Andrea Pisano, 1334-36, on Giotto's campanile, a freestanding bell tower in Florentine Gothic style designed by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1267-1337, on the Piazza del Duomo next to the Duomo, or Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, built 1296-1436, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Buontalenti grotto, first room in Mannerist style with the theme of nature and metamorphosis, built 1583-93 by Bernardo Buontalenti, in the Giardino di Boboli or Boboli Gardens, a park opened to the public in 1766, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The Boboli Gardens were designed and built for the Medici family and are next to the Pitti Palace, their family home. They were begun in the mid 16th century and made by Niccolo Tribolo, Bartolomeo Ammanati, Giorgio Vasari and Bernardo Buontalenti. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Red space rocket, and behind, the Emperor, card no. 4, and a red space rocket, sculptures in Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, a sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, based on the esoteric tarot, at Pescia Fiorentina, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. The Emperor represents masculine power, aggression, organisation, science, weapons and war. He represents the male protector and the desire to control and conquer. Niki de Saint Phalle begun the project in 1979 and it opened in 1998, holding 22 monumental sculptures of the Greater Mysteries of the tarot. The sculptures are made from concrete and covered in ceramic and mirrored mosaic pieces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Emperor, card no. 4, sculpture in Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, a sculpture garden by Niki de Saint Phalle, 1930-2002, based on the esoteric tarot, at Pescia Fiorentina, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy. The Emperor represents masculine power, aggression, organisation, science, weapons and war. He represents the male protector and the desire to control and conquer. Niki de Saint Phalle begun the project in 1979 and it opened in 1998, holding 22 monumental sculptures of the Greater Mysteries of the tarot. The sculptures are made from concrete and covered in ceramic and mirrored mosaic pieces. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Magistrate speaking to a room of people, detail of the Peaceful City from the Allegory of Good Government and the Effects of Good Government on Town and Country, (Effetti del Buon Governo in Citta e in Campagna), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen, with permission of the Comune di Siena / Museo Civico
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  • Cypress trees along a winding country lane near Lucignano d'Arbia in Tuscany, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cypress trees on a ridge above undulating fields, near San Quirico d'Orcia in Tuscany, Italy. The trees are next to the Cassia road between San Quirico d'Orcia and Montalcino. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • West facade of the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, detail of Gothic statuary by unknown sculptors, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Paul, Renaissance marble statue, 1501-4 by Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, detail from the Piccolomini Altarpiece, made for Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, Pope Pius III, 1485, by Andrea Bregno, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter, Renaissance marble statue, 1501-4 by Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, detail from the Piccolomini Altarpiece, made for Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, Pope Pius III, 1485, by Andrea Bregno, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cherub, heraldic symbols and architectural detail, Renaissance fresco, 1503-8, by Pinturicchio, 1454-1513, after designs by Raphael, in the Piccolomini Library, commissioned c. 1492 by Archbishop Cardinal Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini (future Pius III) in memory of his uncle Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), adjacent to the North wall of the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Jerome embracing a crucifix, detail, 1661-63, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1598-1680, in the Chigi Chapel, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Pope Alexander VII, 1599-1667, by Ercole Ferrata, 1610-86, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Crescentius, martyred as a child under Diocletian, by Luigi Mussini, 1813-88, and striped marble columns and walls, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Procession of Sienese citizens, councillors and magistrates, and soldiers holding lances, detail from the fresco of the Allegory of Good Government (Allegoria del Buon Governo), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Representation of the Commune of Siena (left), with the Virtues of Good Government Magnanimity and Temperance (right), detail from the fresco of the Allegory of Good Government (Allegoria del Buon Governo), from the series The Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad Government (L'Allegoria e Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo), painted 1338-39 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, c. 1290-1348, in the Sala dei Nove or Salon of Nine or Council Room, in the Palazzo Pubblico or Town Hall, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The Commune of Siena holding an orb and sceptre and dressed in the black and white colours of the city. Charity and Hope are depicted above the head of the Commune. Lorenzetti was commissioned by the Council of Nine to produce allegorical frescoes covering 3 of the 4 walls of their council chamber, and he produced 6 scenes on the 3 fresco panels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Etruscan Apulian ceramic plate, 4th century BC, in orange figurine clay with black and white painted decoration of female head, in the collection of the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Etruscan sculpted funerary urn cover of a reclining woman, early 1st century BC, from Volterra, in the collection of the Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi, built 1555-75 for Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge, in the village of Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The architects who remodelled the building in the 16th century were Bernardo Buontalenti, Davide Fortuni and Alfonso Parigi. The villa was owned by the Medicis until the 18th century when passed to the Habsburg-Lorraines. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Santa Liberata, painting, in the Sanctuary of Santa Liberata in Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The sanctuary was built in 1336 and is dedicated to Santa Liberata, patron saint of the town, in thanks for its liberation from the troops of Mastino della Scala. It houses a fresco of Santa Liberata, around whom a cult grew. The sanctuary was remodelled 1665-1798. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Duomo, or Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, built 1296-1436, with its dome built 1420-36 designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, 1377–1446, and nave with Neo Gothic facade, designed 1871 by Emilio De Fabris, 1808–83 and built 1876-87, in the evening, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. On the right is Giotto's campanile, a freestanding bell tower in Florentine Gothic style designed by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1267-1337, on the Piazza del Duomo. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Duomo, or Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, built 1296-1436, with its dome built 1420-36 designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, 1377–1446, and nave with Neo Gothic facade, designed 1871 by Emilio De Fabris, 1808–83 and built 1876-87, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. On the right is Giotto's campanile, a freestanding bell tower in Florentine Gothic style designed by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1267-1337, on the Piazza del Duomo. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medici Chapel at the Cappella dei Principi, with octagonal dome designed by Matteo Nigetti, c.1560s-1648, and built 1604-40, at the Basilica of San Lorenzo, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The Cappella dei Principi was designed by Matteo Nigetti, 1560/70–1648, Baroque architect. The Medici Chapels or Cappelle Medicee, celebrate the the Medici family, patrons of the church and Grand Dukes of Tuscany, and house their family mausoleums. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Duomo, or Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, built 1296-1436, with its dome built 1420-36 designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, 1377–1446, and nave with Neo Gothic facade, designed 1871 by Emilio De Fabris, 1808–83 and built 1876-87, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. On the right is Giotto's campanile, a freestanding bell tower in Florentine Gothic style designed by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1267-1337, on the Piazza del Duomo. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna enthroned with Child, detail, fresco by Bernardino da Civiglio, c. 1336, altarpiece, in the Sanctuary of Santa Liberata in Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The painting is also known as Madonna in trono tra i santi Leonardo e Giovanni Battista, or Madonna del latte, as the Virgin is breastfeeding the Christ child. The sanctuary was built in 1336 and is dedicated to Santa Liberata, patron saint of the town, in thanks for its liberation from the troops of Mastino della Scala. It houses a fresco of Santa Liberata, around whom a cult grew. The sanctuary was remodelled 1665-1798. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Duomo, or Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, built 1296-1436, with its dome built 1420-36 designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, 1377–1446, and nave with Neo Gothic facade, designed 1871 by Emilio De Fabris, 1808–83 and built 1876-87, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. To the right is Giotto's campanile, a freestanding bell tower in Florentine Gothic style designed by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1267-1337, on the Piazza del Duomo. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Supper, with Christ breaking bread, painting, in the Sanctuary of Santa Liberata in Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The sanctuary was built in 1336 and is dedicated to Santa Liberata, patron saint of the town, in thanks for its liberation from the troops of Mastino della Scala. It houses a fresco of Santa Liberata, around whom a cult grew. The sanctuary was remodelled 1665-1798. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ordination of St Liberata, fresco, detail, 1798, by Antonio Fedi, 1771-1843, in the Sanctuary of Santa Liberata in Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The sanctuary was built in 1336 and is dedicated to Santa Liberata, patron saint of the town, in thanks for its liberation from the troops of Mastino della Scala. It houses a fresco of Santa Liberata, around whom a cult grew. The sanctuary was remodelled 1665-1798. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Madonna enthroned with Child, fresco by Bernardino da Civiglio, c. 1336, altarpiece, in the Sanctuary of Santa Liberata in Cerreto Guidi, Tuscany, Italy. The painting is also known as Madonna in trono tra i santi Leonardo e Giovanni Battista, or Madonna del latte, as the Virgin is breastfeeding the Christ child. The sanctuary was built in 1336 and is dedicated to Santa Liberata, patron saint of the town, in thanks for its liberation from the troops of Mastino della Scala. It houses a fresco of Santa Liberata, around whom a cult grew. The sanctuary was remodelled 1665-1798. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massacre of the Innocents, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flight into Egypt, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, detail from the Tabernacolo dei Linaioli, or Tabernacle of the Linaioli, a marble aedicula or small shrine designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1378-1455, made by Simone di Nanni da Fiesole, and painted 1432-33 by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The tabernacle was commissioned for the exterior of the headquarters of the Linaoli or linen manufacturer's guild, in the Old Market of Florence. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, Early Renaissance Italian painter, Baroque painting, by Carlo Dolci, 1616-86, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Judgement, 1425-30, tempera painting on panel by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for abbot Ambrogio Traversar, for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It depicts Christ in judgement with angels, the Virgin, St John and saints, with Hell on the right and Heaven on the left, with angels leading the saved through a garden. In the centre are broken tombs of the risen dead. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation at the Temple, Renaissance fresco, 1450-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Joseph is carrying a basket with 2 doves and Mary witnesses Jesus being held by Simeon, while St Peter Martyr and St Catherine of Siena look on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism of Christ, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the cloister of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ, attended by angels, is baptised in the river Jordan by St John the Baptist, with the Virgin and St Dominic looking on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism of Christ, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the cloister of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ, attended by angels, is baptised in the river Jordan by St John the Baptist, with the Virgin and St Dominic looking on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Homo Pietatis or Man of Sorrow, detail, Renaissance fresco, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is depicted in his tomb bearing the stigmata, with the Instruments of the Passion (lance, sponge, cross, column), Judas kissing Christ, Peter and the handmaiden, the mocking of Christ, and with St Dominic and the Virgin below as witnesses. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Homo Pietatis or Man of Sorrow, Renaissance fresco, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is depicted in his tomb bearing the stigmata, with the Instruments of the Passion (lance, sponge, cross, column), Judas kissing Christ, Peter and the handmaiden, the mocking of Christ, and with St Dominic and the Virgin below as witnesses. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The saints are (left-right) St Dominic, St Cosmas, St Damian, St Mark, St John the Evangelist, St Thomas Aquinas, St Lawrence and St Peter Martyr. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kiss of Judas, Renaissance fresco, 1441-43, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 33 in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. To the right is St Peter cutting off the ear of a servant of the high priest. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adoration of the Magi and Man of Sorrows, Renaissance fresco, 1440-41, by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, a student of Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 39, the private cell of Cosimo de Medici, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nailing of Christ to the Cross, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by an assistant of Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 36, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Roman soldiers climb ladders to nail Christ to the cross, and below stand the grieving Virgin and Mary Magdalene, with the Sanhedrin on the right. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Supper: Communion of the Apostles, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 35, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nativity, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 5, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The baby Jesus lies on straw in a stable, with Mary, Joseph, St Catherine of Alexandria and St Peter Martyr. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Resurrection of Christ and Women at the Tomb, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 8, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. On the left is St Dominic in meditation, and on the right is Mary Magdalene and 3 women painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mocking of Christ, with the Virgin and St Dominic, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 7, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is blindfolded and crowned with thorns, and jeering soldiers appear as disembodied hands, a spitting head, cap raised in sarcasm, a hand and beating stick. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, detail from the Pala de San Marco, or San Marco Altarpiece, tempera painting on wood, c. 1440, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the Virgin and Child enthroned under an architraved frame, with angels and saints, including St Lawrence, St. John the Evangelist, St Mark, St Dominic, St Francis of Assisi, St Peter Martyr, St Cosmas and St Damian. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hell, with sinners being tortured and burned alive, and Satan eating bodies, detail from the Last Judgement, 1425-30, tempera painting on panel by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for abbot Ambrogio Traversar, for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It depicts Christ in judgement with angels, the Virgin, St John and saints, with Hell on the right and Heaven on the left. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Judgement, with the damned tortured by demons, detail, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Annunciation, detail, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The Virgin and Archangel Gabriel are depicted in an outdoor courtyard area with perspective architectural arcades. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Annunciation, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The Virgin and Archangel Gabriel are depicted in an outdoor courtyard area with perspective architectural arcades. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Burial of St Cosmas and St Damian, detail from the predella of the Pala de San Marco, or San Marco Altarpiece, tempera painting on wood, c. 1438-40, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Healing of Justinian by St Cosmas and St Damian, detail from the predella of the Pala de San Marco, or San Marco Altarpiece, tempera painting on wood, c. 1438-40, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Burial of St Cosmas and St Damian, detail from the predella of the Pala de San Marco, or San Marco Altarpiece, tempera painting on wood, c. 1438-40, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The elect, being chosen and led through a paradise garden, detail from the Last Judgement, 1425-30, tempera painting on panel by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for abbot Ambrogio Traversar, for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It depicts Christ in judgement with angels, the Virgin, St John and saints, with Hell on the right and Heaven on the left. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Heaven, with angels leading the saved through a garden, detail from the Last Judgement, 1425-30, tempera painting on panel by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for abbot Ambrogio Traversar, for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It depicts Christ in judgement with angels, the Virgin, St John and saints, with Hell on the right and Heaven on the left. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The damned being tortured and taken to Hell, detail from the Last Judgement, 1425-30, tempera painting on panel by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for abbot Ambrogio Traversar, for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It depicts Christ in judgement with angels, the Virgin, St John and saints, with Hell on the right and Heaven on the left. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The damned being tortured and taken to Hell, detail from the Last Judgement, 1425-30, tempera painting on panel by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for abbot Ambrogio Traversar, for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It depicts Christ in judgement with angels, the Virgin, St John and saints, with Hell on the right and Heaven on the left. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hell, with sinners burned alive in cauldrons stoked by demons, detail from the Last Judgement, 1425-30, tempera painting on panel by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for abbot Ambrogio Traversar, for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It depicts Christ in judgement with angels, the Virgin, St John and saints, with Hell on the right and Heaven on the left. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hell, with sinners being tortured, burned alive and fed into the jaws of the Leviathan, detail from the Last Judgement, 1425-30, tempera painting on panel by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for abbot Ambrogio Traversar, for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It depicts Christ in judgement with angels, the Virgin, St John and saints, with Hell on the right and Heaven on the left. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hell, with sinners being tortured and burned alive, and Satan eating bodies, detail from the Last Judgement, 1425-30, tempera painting on panel by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for abbot Ambrogio Traversar, for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It depicts Christ in judgement with angels, the Virgin, St John and saints, with Hell on the right and Heaven on the left. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hell, with sinners being tortured, burned alive and fed into the jaws of the Leviathan, detail from the Last Judgement, 1425-30, tempera painting on panel by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for abbot Ambrogio Traversar, for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It depicts Christ in judgement with angels, the Virgin, St John and saints, with Hell on the right and Heaven on the left. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child enthroned with St Zenobius (or St Augustine) and St Thomas, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 11, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joseph and Mary, detail from Presentation at the Temple, Renaissance fresco, 1450-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Joseph is carrying a basket with 2 doves and Mary witnesses Jesus being held by Simeon, while St Peter Martyr and St Catherine of Siena look on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation at the Temple, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1450-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Joseph is carrying a basket with 2 doves and Mary witnesses Jesus being held by Simeon, while St Peter Martyr and St Catherine of Siena look on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Presentation at the Temple, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1450-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Joseph is carrying a basket with 2 doves and Mary witnesses Jesus being held by Simeon, while St Peter Martyr and St Catherine of Siena look on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angels holding towels, detail from Baptism of Christ, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the cloister of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ, attended by angels, is baptised in the river Jordan by St John the Baptist, with the Virgin and St Dominic looking on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism of Christ, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the cloister of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ, attended by angels, is baptised in the river Jordan by St John the Baptist, with the Virgin and St Dominic looking on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin Mary, detail from Homo Pietatis or Man of Sorrow, Renaissance fresco, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is depicted in his tomb bearing the stigmata, with the Instruments of the Passion. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mocking of Christ, detail from Homo Pietatis or Man of Sorrow, Renaissance fresco, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is depicted in his tomb bearing the stigmata, with the Instruments of and scenes from the Passion. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Peter and the handmaiden, detail from Homo Pietatis or Man of Sorrow, Renaissance fresco, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is depicted in his tomb bearing the stigmata, with the Instruments of and scenes from the Passion. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John the Evangelist, St Thomas Aquinas, St Lawrence and St Peter Martyr, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_ITALY_MC_272.jpg
  • St Dominic, St Cosmas, St Damian and St Mark, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_ITALY_MC_269.jpg
  • St Cosmas, St Damian and St Mark, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_ITALY_MC_270.jpg
  • Virgin and child, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Peter cutting off the ear of a servant of the high priest, detail from Kiss of Judas, Renaissance fresco, 1441-43, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 33 in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kiss of Judas, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1441-43, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 33 in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kiss of Judas, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1441-43, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 33 in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. To the right is St Peter cutting off the ear of a servant of the high priest. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Worshippers in procession, detail from Adoration of the Magi, Renaissance fresco, 1440-41, by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, a student of Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 39, the private cell of Cosimo de Medici, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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