The Brunelleschi's dome is the roof of the cruise of the Duomo of Florence; at the time of construction it was the largest dome in the world and still remains the largest masonry dome ever built (the maximum diameter of the internal dome is 45.5 meters, while that of the external one is 54.8 and is 116 meters high. meters). [1] Thanks to the fundamental importance it had for the subsequent development of architecture and the modern conception of building, it is still considered by some to be the most important architectural work ever built in Europe since the Roman era.

Its size prevented the traditional construction method with the aid of cèntine, causing many hypotheses to be formulated on the construction technique used.