Santa Maria Novella Facade and Campanile

Santa Maria Novella Facade and Campanile

Santa Maria Novella in Florence has an original Renaissance marble facade. The campanile is Romanesque-Gothic and over 60 m tall. Two obelisks in the piazza in front of the church remind of the squares former role as horse racing course.

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