The dome that covers the Florence cathedral (the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral) is known as Filippo Brunelleschi’s dome.
When it was designed, it was the largest dome in the world.
This immediately created problems as its size prevented the traditional method of construction. Its structure is a double shell supported by sturdy pillars.
The City of Florence is divided in two by the river Arno, but its charming bridges give it a harmonious sense of continuity between the two sides. All of Florence’s bridges share centuries of history. The oldest and most famous is certainly Ponte Vecchio, mentioned by author Dan Brown in his novel Inferno. However, the other bridges are also important and noteworthy, given their stories, particularities, and that they have become real monuments.
The Basilica of San Lorenzo (Basilica of St Lawrence), located in the centre town piazza of the same name, is one of the oldest churches in Florence. Its thousand-year history is tied to the Florentine Christian community. It is also closely connected to the triumphant rise to power of the Medici dynasty, whom author Dan Brown mentions in his latest novel Inferno, and who chose San Lorenzo as its family church.
The Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, one of the finest examples of Italian Gothic architecture, faces a vast piazza of the same name, which was built to complement it.
It is while recalling the various depictions of Dante Alighieri that Robert Langdon, the main character in Dan Brown’s Inferno, thought of the statue of the poet that lies in this piazza.
Santa Maria Novella is a Florentine church situated just across from the main railway station of the same name mentioned in Dan Brown’s novel Inferno. Historically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and it is the main Dominican church in the city.
Situated between Piazza Strozzi and via Tornabuoni in the heart of Florence, the city in which Dan Brown’s novel Inferno is set, Palazzo Strozzi is one of the finest examples of Renaissance domestic architecture.
Robert Langdon – the main character in Dan Brown’s Inferno – witnessed Giorgio Vasari’s fresco of the Last Judgment after Ignazio Busoni’s funeral while he was wandering around the interior of the Florence duomo, admiring the artwork that Ignazio had so deeply esteemed.
Robert Langdon, the main character in Dan Brown’s Inferno, saw Michelangelo’s David for the first time in the Accademia Gallery of Florence when he was a teenager. The David sparked in Langdon his first true appreciation for the power of a great sculpture.
“… Soon the train would navigate the sinuous mountain pass and then descend again, powering eastward toward the Adriatic Sea.” This passage describes the moment in which Robert Langdon saw the Adriatic Sea from the window of the Frecciargento high-speed train headed for Venice upon crossing the Apennines.
This article is the second part of a brief guide to the places in Istanbul, Turkey, mentioned in Dan Brown’s novel Inferno.
The adventure of Robert Langdon – the main character in Dan Brown’s Inferno – ends in Istanbul, Turkey.
This article is the first part of a brief guide to the places in Istanbul mentioned in the novel.
Robert Langdon and Sienna Brooks, protagonists in the novel Inferno by Dan Brown, escape through Boboli Gardens’ pathways. In addition to playing a key role in the novel, the Boboli Gardens consist of a fantastic open-air museum situated in the heart of Florence, and are filled with fountains, statues, as well as an amphitheatre.
