Shortly after returning from Naples, Giotto was appointed chief architect of Florence. The document, dated 1334, states that for this post “in the whole world it is impossible to find a more qualified master who is capable of serving his city with glory and wisdom.”
Giotto designed the campaigner of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fioré. By the time the artist died, only the first floor of the belfry had been built. In the future, the original design was changed, and the 90-meter tower itself was completed only in 1359.
In the Cathedral of Siena, the drawing attributed to Giotto is stored, on which the belfry is depicted as the artist himself intended. The modern view of the bell tower is very different from the Giotto project, but despite this, it continues to be called the “Giotto Tower”.
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