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The Florence Cathedral Was Something Else
For nearly 600 years, Florence’s greatest monument stood with a gaping wound—its grand cathedral unfinished, its bare face a haunting reminder that even the heart of a rising empire can be left exposed, waiting centuries for its soul to be completed.

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Michelangelo’s Mastery of Detail: The Genius, The Decline, and The Tragedy
Michelangelo spent his life breathing divinity into stone, but in the end, the same hands that carved perfection were the ones that shattered it, leaving behind a legacy of both unmatched genius and unbearable torment.

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