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The
Church was originally consecrated by Ambrose - Bishop of
Milan in 393. The Romanesque church was constructed
around the year 1000. Designed between 1421 - 1446 by
Brunelleschi. Although the project was not finished until 1460
by Brunelleschi´s pupil - Antonio Manetti, Michelangelo too,
commissioned by his Medici patrons, worked on the great church.
He designed the facade which however, was never carried out.
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