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Updated: June 22, 2025
No Italian architect has enjoyed the proud privilege of stamping his own individuality more strongly on his native city than Arnolfo; and for this reason it may be permitted to enlarge upon his labours here. When we take our stand upon the hill of Samminiato, the Florence at our feet owes her physiognomy in a great measure to this man.
Rarely did Michael Angelo undertake a work commensurate with his creative power, but something came to interrupt its execution; while tasks outside his sphere, for which he never bargained the painting of the Sistine Chapel, the façade of S. Lorenzo, the fortification of Samminiato were thrust upon him in the midst of other more congenial labours.
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