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    A Genius Builds a Dome

    Sep 01, 2020 2 minutes
    by Peg Lopata

    There is a dome in Italy, an architectural perfection built before there were backhoes, modern cranes, or electricity. Standing for almost six centuries, it seems to defy gravity! Is it magic?

    Masonry Marvel

    Filippo Brunelleschi’s masonry dome atop Florence Cathedral is the largest one in the world. (Masonry is the art of building from stone, clay, brick, or concrete.) It’s wider than

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