{"id":11657,"date":"2022-11-10T10:20:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T09:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latoscane.net\/duomo-of-san-gimignano\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T14:33:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T13:33:09","slug":"duomo-of-san-gimignano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latoscane.net\/en\/duomo-of-san-gimignano\/","title":{"rendered":"Duomo of San Gimignano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Duomo<\/strong> or the Collegiata di San Gimignano<\/strong> is located on the west side of the square with the same name.
This is a remarkable monument of Romanesque architecture in Tuscany.
The church dates back to a simple priory built around 1000. It was consecrated in 1148 by Pope Eugene III, who returned to Rome along the Via Francigena<\/strong>.
It was enlarged and embellished from the 13th century with the participation of great artists, until the 17th century.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The duomo on the right, Piazza Duomo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n

The interior of the basilica contains remarkable frescoes from the Middle Ages: the wall on the right is covered by episodes from the New Testament attributed to the school of Simone Martini<\/strong> (beginning of XIVth century), and the one on the left of the Old Testament episodes by Bartolo di Fredi <\/strong> (mid-14th century).
On the counter-fa\u00e7ade there is a large fresco of the 15th century representing Saint Sebastian\u2019s Martyrdom, as well as two wooden statues by Jacopo della Quercia<\/strong>, with the Angel of the Annunciation and Mary<\/em>. At the top, the frescoes by Taddeo di Bartolo<\/strong> represent the Last Judgment inspired by Dante\u2019s Inferno<\/em>, with the saint and the cursed.
In a chapel of the transept is a crucifix in polychrome wood from the thirteenth century.
On the right, the famous Chapel of Santa Fina<\/strong> dates back to 1468, with its valuable frescoes by Domenico Ghirlandaio<\/strong> depicting Saint Gregory announcing his imminent death and funeral to Santa Fina.<\/p>\n

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