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| c. 1300 | Work begins on the Cathedral of Florence. When completed, the building will be the largest church in Europe. |
| 1334 | The painter Giotto is appointed to oversee the construction of Florence's cathedral. |
| c. 1350 | Work is temporarily halted on the cathedral at Florence. It soon resumes and during the 1350s the structure's bell tower or campanile is completed. |
| 1377 | The future founder of the early Renaissance style in architecture, Filippo Brunelleschi, is born. |
| 1401 | The competition to create new doors for the Baptistery of Florence's cathedral is announced. |
| c. 1420 | In Florence, Brunelleschi designs the orphanage known as the Ospedale degli Innocenti, the Church of San Lorenzo, and the dome of the cathedral. |
| 1433 | The Pazzi Chapel, one of Brunelleschi's important masterpieces, is begun. |
| 1434 | The humanist architect Leon Battista Alberti arrives in Florence. |
| 1436 | The dome of Florence's cathedral is completed. |
| c. 1443 | Giuliano da Sangallo... |
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