Travel Reference
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The steep 414-step climb up the 85m-high
campanile
(combined ticket to dome, baptistry, cam-
panile, crypt and museum adult/child under 14 €10/free)
, designed by Giotto, offers the reward of a
view nearly as impressive as that from the dome. The first tier of bas-reliefs around the
base of the campanile are copies of those carved by Pisano, but possibly designed by Gi-
otto, depicting the Creation of Man and the
attività umane
(arts and industries). Those on
the second tier depict the planets, the cardinal virtues, the arts and the seven sacraments.
The sculptures of the Prophets and Sibyls in the niches of the upper storeys are copies of
works by Donatello and others; see the originals in the Grande Museo del Duomo.
