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Statue of Valerianus on the left side of the facade of the Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statue of Valerianus on the principal facade of the Santa Maria del Fiore

 

The left side of the neo-Gothic facade of the Santa Maria del Fiore features a realistic statue of Cardinal Valerianus, the papal legate who laid the foundation stone of the cathedral on 9 September 1296.

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