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How Did Brunelleschi Build The Dome For Florence's Cathedral

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The exploration and discovery I chose was: Brunelleschi's design of the dome for Florence's cathedral. The motivation behind the discovery was because no one could figure out how to create a dome for the cathedral. They held a contest to find someone to build it. Brunelleschi came to them and gave his idea they thought he was crazy, but they also knew that he had a reputation of making great things. They questions were, what do you use to build it? What is going to be safe for everyone? This dome was just the tip of the iceberg he also created a crane that was able to hoist heavy materials into the air. The significance is that there is another way to build buildings. Brunelleschi relied on a lot of workers to help him build this done.

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