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The churches of Florence date, for the most part, from before the XI century, though few show any remains of their original construction. The Baptistery (formerly the Cathedral), S. Miniato,and the Badia of Fiesole still retain their ancientyp.f, but for the most part the buildings in their present state date from the XIII and XIV centuries. These early churches were originally covered with frescoes, chiefly by Giotto and his immediate followers. They are attributed mostly to Spinello A retino, a name that has become almost a generic term for Giottesque work of the XIV century. Few of these frescoes remain. Many of them, already in a state of decay, were destroyed in the XV century to make way for new paintings. The walls of the churches of Florence are a palimpsest, and for the most part, therefore, the Giottesque frescoes are irrecoverably destroyed. Ghirlandaio, for example, painted over the half-ruined frescoes of Orcagna in the Choir of S. Maria Novella, and A lesso Baldovinetti destroyed earlier work to repaint the Choir of S. Trinita. Many,
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