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detail of the facade (36)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 811 W: 16 N: 1014]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (6339) | Siena Cathedral,one of the finest churches in Italy,stands on the highest point in the town,to the southwest of the Croce del Travaglio.The Cathedral in its present form was begun in 1229;the dome was completed in 1264;and the choir was extented eastward over the baptistery about 1317.Then 1339 the people of Siena resolved on a gigantic enlargemend of the cathedral which would have made it the largest Gotic building in Italy.
The facade of the original building was completed in only 1380.The rich sculptural decoration was largely renewed in 1869,and the mosaics were set in place in 1877.The campanile dates from the end of the 14th century.
The facade(by Giovanni Pisano 1284-1299)is one of the finest achievements of Italian Gotic,with a beautiful polychrome facing of the white,green and red marble.Almost its whole width is taken up by three doorways of the equal height surmounted by pediments,with a slender tower at each end above the central doorway is a rose-window.The facade is richly decorated with sculptural figures,almost all now replaced by copies.The mosaics in the pediments,with a gold ground,were done by Venetian artists in 1877-78.İn the angle between the nave and the right-hand transept is the Romanesque campanile;its facing of horizontally banded dark and light colorated marble gives it and astonishing lightness, and effect reinforced by the six orders of the windows,increasing in number as they go up.
from Planet ware,Italy travel guide
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