Where the traitors' nest had been, there the sacred foundations of the public house should not be laid.

Consequently the Florentine Palazzo is, was, and will be cramped of its correct proportions[17].
No Italian architect has enjoyed the proud privilege of stamping his own individuality more strongly on his native city than Arnolfo; and for this reason it may be permitted to enlarge upon his labours here.

When we take our stand upon the hill of Samminiato, the Florence at our feet owes her physiognomy in a great measure to this man.

The tall tower of the Palazzo Vecchio, the bulk of the Duomo, and the long low oblong mass of Santa Croce are all his.

His too are the walls that define the city of flowers from the gardens round about her.[18] Even the master-works of his successors subordinate their beauty to his first conception.