Imagine 37 thousand tons above your head, 116 meters towards the sky, your eyes lost in admiration of the 700 figures in the 3.600 square meters of Vasari and Zuccari’s Last Judgement. A lantern brushes up against the sky, while your feet feel as if they were avidly climbing invisible steps, so much is the desire to touch that marvel, which seems to defy all laws of gravity.

Experts say it’s made up of more than 4 million bricks, all from the kilns that once stood where the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo is today. But their immense weight disappears while admiring one of Italy’s most famous skylines.