StorySuitecase Blog strives to provide you insider information on a destinations most famous landmarks. Today read about the prominent Giotto bell tower located in Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy.

The illustrious Campanile of Florence was designed by Italy’s first “Renaissance man,” Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337), a short and notoriously ugly character who pioneered many of the artistic breakthroughs we associate with the period. Acclaimed by Leonardo da Vinci as the first artist to “paint what he saw from nature,” Giotto was also a brilliant sculptor and architect, a personal friend of the poet Dante and a sharp businessman.  Giotto was also a likeable fellow – supremely confident, talkative and cheery, he was known in Florence for his ready wit and repartee.

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