The dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence ... including a certain Leonardo from the nearby Tuscan town of Vinci, whose sketchbooks tell us how they were made.

A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...

(Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore via AP, HO) MILAN (AP) — A previously unknown terracotta bust of the famed early Renaissance architect who designed the Florence Cathedral dome was unveiled Thursday in ...

As a young envoy for the Republic of Florence, he crossed paths with Leonardo da Vinci in 1502 while monitoring ... at the Corte Vecchia near Milan's cathedral, which he called "la mia fabrica." ...