{"id":32678,"date":"2022-07-19T10:27:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T08:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/the-cathedral\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:44:58","slug":"the-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/en\/the-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CATHEDRAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1647857094566{padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: rgba(165,119,4,0.08) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;*background-color: rgb(165,119,4) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69d38a5e3d6c4 {margin-top: 60px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69d38a5e3d6c4\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"title-h4\" style=\"text-align: center;\">In the heart of the city<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><div id=\"thegem-divider-69d38a5e3d732\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"title-h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: auto; max-width: 780px; text-align: center;\">Siena Cathedral, rising majestically in the eponymous city square, is one of Italy&#8217;s most illustrious Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals. Entering the Cathedral means not only experiencing spiritual elevation but also opening up to beauty and exploring one of the city&#8217;s most valuable art treasures.<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69d38a5e3d770 {margin-top: 83px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69d38a5e3d770\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;32358&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_masonry_media_grid element_width=&#8221;3&#8243; gap=&#8221;10&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1772444672282-93f0bc4b44c26177a8ffc7d48dc788c6-6&#8243; include=&#8221;32359,32360,32361,32362&#8243;]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69d38a5e3d7a9 {margin-top: 20px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69d38a5e3d7a9\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong class=\"brand\">Siena Cathedral<\/strong>, rising majestically in the eponymous city square, is one of Italy&#8217;s most illustrious Romanesque and <strong>Gothic cathedrals<\/strong>. According to tradition, the present Cathedral replaces an earlier church dedicated to the Virgin Mary erected in the 9th century or thereabouts on the site of a temple serving the cult of Minerva. Equally unconfirmed rumour suggests that the building was consecrated in 1179 in the presence of Sienese Pope Alexander III Bandinelli after the papacy had made peace with the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. A payment of six soldi recorded as having been made to <em>&#8220;Magistro Nichole de Opere Sancte Marie&#8221;<\/em>in April 1259 is likely to be the first mention of <strong>Nicola Pisano<\/strong>, one of the 13th century&#8217;s most innovative artists who carved the splendid pulpit now in the north transept of the Cathedral. His son <strong>Giovanni Pisano<\/strong>, <em>magister<\/em>of the Opera from 1284 to 1297, played a key role in the construction of the lower part of the fa\u00e7ade and carved the sculptures of prophets, sibyls and philosophers that once adorned it. They were replaced by copies in the course of the 19th and 20th centuries and the originals are now on display in the Museo dell&#8217;Opera.<\/p>\n<p>There is a record of a <em>domus <\/em>being purchased in 1262 to serve as the Opera&#8217;s headquarters and as a workshop for the master carvers and stonecutters working on the marble used in the Cathedral&#8217;s construction. Lead to cover the dome and copper for the &#8220;apple&#8221; atop it were bought in in 1263, so the dome must have been completed by that date (though its lantern was rebuilt from scratch, albeit in the original style, in 1667).<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;30px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1647857094566{padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: rgba(165,119,4,0.08) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;*background-color: rgb(165,119,4) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69d38a5e3d7e8 {margin-top: 50px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69d38a5e3d7e8\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"title-h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Masterpieces in the Cathedral<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: auto; max-width: 780px; text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"row m_bottom_60\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>The Cathedral contains numerous masterpieces from every age but its marble mosaic inlay and graffito floor is in many ways its most prized possession. Giorgio Vasari certainly considered it the &#8220;most beautiful&#8230;, largest and most magnificent floor ever made&#8221;. The floor we see today is the product of a programme that got under way in the 14th century but was only completed in the 19th century. The preparatory cartoons for the fifty-six inlay panels were supplied by leading artists, all of them Sienese save for the Umbrian painter Bernardino di Betto known as <strong>Pinturicchio<\/strong>, who designed the inlay depicting the <em>Mount of Wisdom<\/em> in 1505. The technique used to transpose the various artists&#8217; ideas onto the floor is known as graffito and mosaic marble inlay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 m_bottom_30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69d38a5e3d81d {margin-top: 73px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69d38a5e3d81d\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"brand font-w900 p_t_b_20\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">Sculptures<\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is no exaggeration to say that the greatest sculptors of every age have worked for Siena Cathedral. Their number includes <strong>Nicola Pisano<\/strong> who carved the <em>pulpit<\/em>between 1265 and 1268, his son Giovanni who carved the sculptures mentioned above for the fa\u00e7ade, <strong>Donatello<\/strong>whose surviving work is a <em>statue of St. John the Baptist<\/em> in the eponymous chapel, <strong>Michelangelo<\/strong>who carved <em>St. Peter,<\/em> <em>St. Paul<\/em>, <em>St. Pius<\/em> and <em>St. Augustine<\/em> for the Piccolomini altar, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini who carved the statues of St. Mary Magdalen and St. Jerome in the &#8220;Cappella del Voto&#8221; or Chapel of the Vow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row m_bottom_60\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Alongside their work, however, the Cathedral also contains a wealth of sculpture by such artists as Tino di Camaino who <em>carved the tomb of Cardinal Riccardo Petroni<\/em>, Urbano da Cortona, <strong>Antonio Federighi<\/strong> who produced the superb <em>holy-water<\/em> stoups against the first two piers in the nave and the Holy Saturday Font in the Chapel of St. John the Baptist,<strong>Lorenzo di Pietro, known as Vecchietta<\/strong>, who cast the <em>Bronze Tabernacle<\/em> on Baldassarre Peruzzi&#8217;s altar, Giovanni di Stefano, <strong>Francesco di Giorgio Martini<\/strong>whose contribution to the decoration of the Cathedral consists in two <em>Candle-bearing Angels<\/em>, <strong>Domenico Beccafumi<\/strong>who cast the eight angels set on pillars flanking the high altar, Giuseppe Mazzuoli, Melchiorre Caff\u00e0, Antonio Raggi, and Pietro Balestra who is responsible for the <em>Monuments<\/em>dedicated to the popes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_masonry_media_grid element_width=&#8221;3&#8243; gap=&#8221;10&#8243; item=&#8221;mediaGrid_Default&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1772444672479-b08d56e966d4c201b8ddb2fccae79b93-9&#8243; include=&#8221;32363,32364,32365,32366,32367,32368,32369,32370&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1648551366198{padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"brand font-w900 p_t_b_20\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">Paintings<\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Though many of the Cathedral&#8217;s panel paintings, canvases and fresco cycles may now be seen in the Museo dell&#8217;Opera or in other museums in Italy and abroad, a large number of them are still in situ. Taking them in chronological order, the first one that we should admire is the Madonna del Voto, or <em>Madonna of the Vow,<\/em> attributed to Dietisalvi di Speme and still in the eponymous chapel today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <strong class=\"brand\">Piccolomini Library<\/strong> is a <em>unique<\/em>masterpiece of the greatest art-historical importance by virtue of its cycle of frescoes painted by <strong>Pinturicchio<\/strong>and his workshop between 1503 and 1508 depicting scenes from the life of Pope Pius II set off by a dazzling vault decorated in the &#8220;grotesque&#8221; style. Showcases around the Library walls contain 15th and 16th century graduals and antiphonaries decorated with delicate and extremely refined illuminations not only by Sienese artists but also by <strong>Liberale da Verona<\/strong> and <strong>Girolamo da Cremona<\/strong>, both of them famous illustrators summoned to work in Siena in the second half of the 15th century whose style was to have a major impact on local Sienese painting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The chancel area hosts four large frescoes by <strong>Ventura Salimbeni<\/strong> (1610), who was one of the leading lights in Sienese painting at the turn of the 16th century along with his step-brother Francesco Vanni and with <strong>Alessandro Casolani.<\/strong> The frescoes depict the <em>Fall of Manna and Esther and Ahasuerus<\/em> with <em>Sienese Saints on either side.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Last but not least, the <strong>Cathedral&#8217;s altarpieces<\/strong> are of considerable interest. Little known outside art historical circles, they deserve to attract greater attention inasmuch as they are truly representative of 17th century painting in the broader rather than the strictly local sense, including work by such masters as <strong>Carlo Maratta<\/strong> and <strong>Mattia Preti<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_masonry_media_grid gap=&#8221;10&#8243; item=&#8221;mediaGrid_Default&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1772444672593-18e275ad3916cf7c541828a7f718c4b7-4&#8243; include=&#8221;32371,32372,32373,32374,32375&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1648462939757{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"brand font-w900 p_t_b_20\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">Stained Glass<\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Cathedral&#8217;s collection of stained glass is also of the greatest interest. The most important example is <strong>Duccio di Boninsegna&#8217;s<\/strong> rose window, which once graced the oculus above the apse but has recently been moved to the Museo dell&#8217;Opera and been replaced by a copy. The oculus on the fa\u00e7ade, on the other hand, contains a stained-glass window depicting the <em>Last Supper<\/em> made by Guillaume de Marcillat&#8217;s pupil <strong>Pastorino de&#8217; Pastorini<\/strong>in 1549. In the bottom centre of the composition we can see, supported by two putti, the crest of Azzolino de&#8217; Cerretani, the rector who commissioned the work, the name of the artist and the date the window was made. The Cathedral also has a set of <em>twelve stained-glass<\/em> windows in the drum of the dome, made by <strong>Ulisse de Matteis<\/strong> in 1886.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_masonry_media_grid gap=&#8221;10&#8243; item=&#8221;mediaGrid_Default&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1772444672719-1b71c976829d7a87517677c9bc0b4cae-7&#8243; include=&#8221;32376,32377,32378&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1648551399435{padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"brand font-w900 p_t_b_20\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">Choir<\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Cathedral Choir is one of the best-known works in the long and fertile artistic career of<strong>Fra Giovanni da Verona<\/strong> (1456\u20131525), an inlayer and carver who played a leading role in the art world of the 16th century. The <strong>thirty-eight inlays<\/strong> were originally made for the abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (1503\u20135), but Archishop Antonio Felice Zondadari of Siena ordered them to be moved to the Cathedral in 1813 and placed in the two side wings of the early 14th century choir. The artist here has excelled himself in making full use of his remarkable skills as a <em>woodworker<\/em> to create a series of magnificent objects and symbols of science and theology.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_masonry_media_grid element_width=&#8221;6&#8243; gap=&#8221;10&#8243; item=&#8221;mediaGrid_Default&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1772444672868-366d3aebde4519ed6c1c2d0dcd7003b9-0&#8243; include=&#8221;32379,32380&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1648462939757{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"brand font-w900 p_t_b_20\"><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">GROUND PLAN OF THE CATHEDRAL<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"brand m_top_20 m_bottom_30\"><strong>Position of the masterpieces inside the Cathedral:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">1 <\/span><em>Holy water font &#8211; <\/em><strong>Antonio Federighi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">2 <\/span><em>St Peter, St Paul, St Gregory, St Augustine. The Piccolomini Altar &#8211; <\/em><strong>Michelangelo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">3 <\/span><em>Saint John the Baptist &#8211; <\/em><strong>Donatello<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">4 <\/span><em>The pulpit &#8211; <\/em><strong>Nicola Pisano<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">5 <\/span><em>Funerary Monument of Cardinl Petroni &#8211; <\/em><strong>Tino di Camaino<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30 hidden-sm\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">6 <\/span><em>The fall of Manna &#8211; <\/em><strong>Ventura Salimbeni<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30 hidden-sm\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">7 <\/span> <em>Marquetry in the choir &#8211; <\/em><strong>Fra Giovanni Da Verona<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30 hidden-sm\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">8 <\/span> <em>Tabernacle &#8211; <\/em><strong>Lorenzo di Pietro, detto il Vecchietta<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30 hidden-sm\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">9 <\/span><em>The adoration of the shepherds &#8211; <\/em><strong>Alessandro Casolani<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30 hidden-sm\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">10 <\/span><em>Saint Bernardine\u2019s homily &#8211; <\/em><strong>Mattia Preti<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30 hidden-sm\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">11 <\/span><em>Saint Mary Magdalen &#8211; <\/em><strong>Gian Lorenzo Bernini<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30 hidden-sm\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">12 <\/span><em>Madonna and Child &#8211; <\/em><strong>Dietisalvi di Speme<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30 hidden-sm\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;\">13 <\/span><em>Saint Jerome &#8211; <\/em><strong>Gian Lorenzo Bernini<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<hr class=\"m_top_0 m_bottom_0 border-light\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30 hidden-sm\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<div class=\"row p_bottom_20 m_bottom_30 hidden-sm\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-9\">\n<p class=\"font-w900\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_column_text]<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30596 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/planimetria-cattedrale.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/planimetria-cattedrale.png 595w, https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/planimetria-cattedrale-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;10&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1649064302952{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1648456659245{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;border-left-color: #424242 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #424242 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #424242 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #424242 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"font-w900 uppercase m_bottom_20\">OPENING TIMES THE CATHEDRAL<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">From 7 January to 31 March 2026<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>10:30 am \u2013 5:30 pm<\/strong><br \/>\nPublic Holidays: 1:30 am \u2013 5:30 pm<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">From 01 april to 31 october 2026<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>10:00 am \u2013 7:00 pm<\/strong><br \/>\nPublic Holidays: 1:30 am \u2013 6:00 pm<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">From 1 November to 24 December 2026<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>10:30 am \u2013 5:30 pm<\/strong><br \/>\nPublic Holidays: 1:30 am \u2013 5:30 pm<\/p>\n<p>On December 1st, because of the Patron Saint, the Cathedral will be open from 10.30 am to 3.00 pm, with last admission at 2.30 pm. The rest of the complex will be open until 5.00 pm (last admission 4.30 pm).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">From 26 December\u00a0 to 6 January 2027<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>10:00 am \u2013 7:00 pm<\/strong><br \/>\nPublic Holidays: 1:30 am \u2013 5:30 pm<\/p>\n<p>DURING UNCOVERING THE FLOOR<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a57704;\">From 27 June to 31 July and from 18 August to 15 October 2026<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>10:00 am \u2013 7:00 pm<br \/>\n<\/strong>Public Holidays: 09:30 am \u2013 6:00 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last admission 30 minutes before closing time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gate of Heaven ticket can be purchased exclusively online or at the ticket office based on remaining availability.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1649064256974{border: 1px solid #424242 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<b>FULL PRICE<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">01\/03-26\/06, 01\/08-17\/08, 16\/10-31\/12 2026<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>\u20ac 7,00<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a57704;\">From 27 June to 31 July and from 18 August to 15 October 2026<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>\u20ac 10,00<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>REDUCED TICKET(Groups and school groups &gt;14 and groups with a guide)<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">From 27 June to 31 July and from 18 August to 15 October 2026<br \/>\n<strong>\u20ac 8,00<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FREE<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children up to 6 years of age<\/li>\n<li>Siena municipality residents and born<\/li>\n<li>Journalists<\/li>\n<li>Disabled visitors (+ one carer per visitor)<\/li>\n<li>Clerics of both genders<\/li>\n<li>Students of University of Siena and University for Foreigners of Siena<\/li>\n<li>Parish groups of the Archdiocese of Siena with a letter from the parish priest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; 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css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1649240170005{border: 1px solid #424242 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"font-w900 uppercase\"><strong><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">TICKETS<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">Immediate access to the masterpieces of the Monumental Complex of the Duomo, reducing waiting times<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<style type=\"text\/css\">.thegem-button-69d38a5e3d9944323 .gem-button svg {fill: #a57704;}.thegem-button-69d38a5e3d9944323 .gem-button:hover svg {fill: #f1f2f4;}<\/style><div class=\"gem-button-container gem-button-position-left thegem-button-69d38a5e3d9944323    \"  ><a class=\"gem-button gem-button-size-small gem-button-style-outline gem-button-text-weight-normal gem-button-border-2\" data-ll-effect=\"drop-right-without-wrap\" style=\"border-radius: 0px;border-color: #a57704;color: #a57704;\" onmouseleave=\"this.style.borderColor='#a57704';this.style.backgroundColor='transparent';this.style.color='#a57704';\" onmouseenter=\"this.style.borderColor='#a57704';this.style.backgroundColor='#a57704';this.style.color='#f1f2f4';\" href=\"https:\/\/operalaboratori.vivaticket.it\/\" target=\"_blank\">BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/div> [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;10&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1649065139801{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1648208936122{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;border-left-color: #424242 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #424242 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #424242 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #424242 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1648456924815{margin-bottom: 45px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1648208844824{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #4c4c4c !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #4c4c4c !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"font-w900 uppercase m_bottom_20\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30128 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/logo-porta-del-cielo-f96958-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/logo-porta-del-cielo-f96958-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/logo-porta-del-cielo-f96958-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/logo-porta-del-cielo-f96958-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/logo-porta-del-cielo-f96958-256x256.jpg 256w, https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/logo-porta-del-cielo-f96958.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1648209082097{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-color: #4c4c4c !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"font-w900 uppercase m_bottom_20\" style=\"text-align: left;\">A SINGLE TICKET THAT ALLOWS ACCESS TO THE CATHEDRAL ROOFS AND TO ALL THE MUSEUMS OF THE COMPLEX<\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<div class=\"gem-icon-with-text gem-icon-with-text-icon-size-medium\" ><div style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px; \" class=\"gem-icon-with-text-icon\"><div class=\"gem-icon gem-icon-pack-material gem-icon-size-medium  gem-icon-shape-square\"  style=\"border-color: #000000;opacity: 1;\"><div class=\"gem-icon-inner\" style=\"\"><span class=\"gem-icon-half-1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"back-angle\">&#xf373;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"gem-icon-half-2\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"back-angle\">&#xf373;<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gem-icon-with-text-content\" ><div class=\"gem-icon-with-text-text\">[vc_column_text]<strong>FREE AUDIOGUIDE<\/strong><br \/>\nDirectly on your smartphone[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator color=&#8221;black&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<strong>FULL PRICE<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a57704;\">01\/03 \u2013 06\/01<\/span>: \u20ac 21,00<\/p>\n<p><strong>REDUCED TICKET<\/strong>\u00a0(CHILDREN FROM 7 TO 11 YEARS OF AGE)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a57704;\">01\/03 \u2013 06\/01<\/span>: \u20ac 6,00<\/p>\n<p><strong>FREE<\/strong>\u00a0(CHILDREN UP TO 6 YEARS OF AGE)<\/p>\n<p>Remember to always consult the <span style=\"color: #a57704;\"><a style=\"color: #a57704;\" href=\"https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/media\/pdf\/NORME_DI_COMPORTAMENTO_PORTA_DEL_CIELO.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rules of conduct<\/a><\/span> before accessing the tour.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1649064921066{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;border-left-color: #4c4c4c !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #4c4c4c !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #4c4c4c !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #4c4c4c !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1649064832610{margin-bottom: 45px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1648208844824{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #4c4c4c !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #4c4c4c !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"font-w900 uppercase m_bottom_20\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30127 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/opasipass-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/opasipass-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/opasipass-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/opasipass-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/opasipass-256x256.jpg 256w, https:\/\/operaduomo.siena.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/opasipass.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1648209082097{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-color: #4c4c4c !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"font-w900 uppercase m_bottom_20\" style=\"text-align: left;\">A SINGLE TICKET THAT ALLOWS ACCESS TO ALL THE MUSEUMS OF THE COMPLEX.<\/h6>\n<p>Valid for three consecutive days from the date of issue.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<div class=\"gem-icon-with-text gem-icon-with-text-icon-size-medium\" ><div style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px; \" class=\"gem-icon-with-text-icon\"><div class=\"gem-icon gem-icon-pack-material gem-icon-size-medium  gem-icon-shape-square\"  style=\"border-color: #000000;opacity: 1;\"><div class=\"gem-icon-inner\" style=\"\"><span class=\"gem-icon-half-1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"back-angle\">&#xf373;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"gem-icon-half-2\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"back-angle\">&#xf373;<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gem-icon-with-text-content\" ><div class=\"gem-icon-with-text-text\">[vc_column_text]<strong>FREE AUDIOGUIDE<\/strong><br \/>\nDirectly on your smartphone[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_separator color=&#8221;black&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<strong>FULL PRICE<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"color: #a57704;\">01\/01 \u2013 26\/06; 01\/08 \u2013 17\/08; 16\/10 \u2013 31\/12<\/span>: \u20ac 14,00<\/p>\n<p>during floor uncovering<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a57704;\">(27\/06 \u2013 31\/07; 18\/08 \u2013 15\/10)<\/span>: \u20ac 16,00<\/p>\n<p><strong>REDUCED TICKET<\/strong> (CHILDREN FROM 7 TO 11 YEARS OF AGE)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a57704;\">01\/01 \u2013 31\/12<\/span>: \u20ac 3,00<\/p>\n<p><b>FREE<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children up to 6 years of age<\/li>\n<li>Siena municipality residents and born<\/li>\n<li>Journalists<\/li>\n<li>Disabled visitors (+ one carer per visitor)<\/li>\n<li>Clerics of both genders<\/li>\n<li>Students of University of Siena and University for Foreigners of Siena<\/li>\n<li>Parish groups of the Archdiocese of Siena with a letter from the parish priest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;10&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1649064302952{margin-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; 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