Campanile di Giotto

Piazza Duomo, 50122 Firenze, Italy Phone: +39 055 230 2885

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Giotto's Campanile is a free-standing campanile that is part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy.Giotto's Campanile is a free-standing campanile that is part of the complex of buildings that make up Florence Cathedral on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy.
Standing adjacent the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore and the Baptistry of St. John, the tower is one of the showpieces of the Florentine Gothic architecture with its design by Giotto, its rich sculptural decorations and the polychrome marble encrustations.
This slender structure stands on a square plan with a side of 14.45 metres (47.41 ft). It attains a height of 84.7 metres (277.9 ft) sustained by four polygonal buttresses at the corners.These four vertical lines are crossed by four horizontal lines, dividing the tower in five levels.
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travel fact: climb 414 steps up giotto's campanile to the best view of florence,awesome view

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beware the 414 steps though

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not accessible for people on wheelchairs.

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