Word: duomo
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...most prominent feature in every picture. Near this is the Uffizzi palace with its famous picture gallery. Here are many art treasures, including the Venus di Medici, found in the villa of Hadrian at Rome, the statue of Niobe, and numerous others. The great glory of Florence is the Duomo, or cathedral, built of black and white marble, with a tower, said to be the handsomest in the world. The baptistry of this church contains a number of famous bronze doors, one pair of which occupied the artist for twenty years...
PROFESSOR NORTON has recommenced his lectures at the Lowell Institute, and they will take place every Tuesday and Friday evening. On Friday, November 3, the subject will be the Cathedral of Chartres. Next week Professor Norton will lecture on the Duomo of Sienna, the following week on the Duomo of Florence, and subsequently on the English Cathedrals...