Standing adjacent the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore and the
Baptistry of St. John, the tower is one of the showpieces of the
Florentine Gothic architecture with its design by Giotto, its
rich sculptural decorations and the polychrome marble
encrustations. This slender structure stands on a square plan
with a side of 14.45 metres (47.41 ft). It attains a height of
84.7 metres (277.9 ft) sustained by four polygonal buttresses at
the corners. These four vertical lines are crossed by four
horizontal lines, dividing the tower in five levels. Florence
(Italian: Firenze [fiˈrɛntse] ( listen), alternative obsolete
form: Fiorenza; Latin: Florentia) is the capital city of the
Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is
the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000
inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan
area. Florence is famous for its history. A centre of medieval
European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of
the time, Florence is conside