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Arnolfo di Cambio
Arnolfo di Cambio ( Colle Valdesa 1425 - Florence 1310 ) was a sculptor and architect. We first heard of him around 1266 as a disciple of Nicola Pisano during the Building of Siena's Cathedral. During the first years of his activity he worked in Rome, Bologna and Perugia.
On the 8 September 1296, Cardinal Pietro Valeriano laid the first stone for the building of the cathedral by Arnolfo di Cambio, in Florence.
In 1300 the Consiglio dei Cento of Florence convocated Arnolfo to Florence to complete the cathedral. In his project reading the curch of Santa Maria del Fiore we can admire the planimetrical plan pulpit surmonted by the Dome. In the facade we can see "The hand of Arnoldo"; notable in the statue of the Madonna col Bambino and the Vergine della Nativitą (Museum of the Cathedral).
Another work of S.Croce in which we can admire the harmony of the wide space, and the grooving of it's structural components.
Arnolfo di Cambio also renewed Palazzo Vecchio and the one of the Badia.
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