Cupola, Dome, and Tower
Gallery Two
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View from the the church tower across the Canale della Giudecca, looking toward the church of Santa Maria della Salute. View of church with dome and cupola from across the Grande Canal in Venice, Italy. Built to commemorate the deliverance of Venice from the clutches of a devastating plague. Photo courtesy of David A. Patterson. Side view of church with dome and cupola from the Doges' Palace in St. Mark's Square. Northwest corner of the cathedral, showing Brunelleschi's double shelled central dome with its lantern style cupola on top.
Andrea Palladio, San
Giorgio Maggiore
begun 1566. Venice
Nearly twin churches with domes and cupolas in Rome, Italy. The 1507 S. Maria's drum and cupola by G. del Duca, Ground floor by A. Sangallo. Trajan's Column by Apollodoro on right.
Longhena, Santa
Maria della Salute
1631-87. Venice		 St. Mark's Basilica
1063 to 17C
Venice, Italy		 F. Brunelleschi
S. Maria del Fiore
1420-36 Florence
View of smaller lantern/cupolas (bottom) and main dome and cupola (top) from roof. Aerial view of Vatican showing main dome and cupola. Note small cupolas scattered around rest of roof, each one acting as a lantern for a dome inside. Bramante, Raphael, A. Sangallo, Michelangelo, Vignola, Moderna, Bernini, della Porta and Fontana also had a hand in the design over the years. From a 1971 postcard of unknown authorship. South side of the cathedral, showing Brunelleschi's famous dome and cupola.
Santa Maria di Loreto,
SS. Nome di Maria, &
Trajan's Column, Rome
Interior of dome and lantern/cupola. Cross, hexagonal, and octagonal dome coffering very similar to that in the apses of the ancient Roman Pantheon. From a 1981 postcard by Terni.
F. Borromini, San Carlo
alle Quattro Fontane
begun 1634. Rome		 della Porta, et al.
St. Peter's dome
1588. Rome, Italy		 della Porta, et al.
St. Peter's dome
1588. Rome, Italy		 F. Brunelleschi
S. Maria del Fiore
1420-36 Florence
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