Duomo Santa Maria Assunta Photo Gallery by Robin Lew at pbase.com

Duomo Santa Maria Assunta

The Duomo in Siena was begun in 1229 and completed about the middle of the fourteenth century. This cathedral is built wholly of marble and occupies the highest ground in the town and stands on the site of an ancient temple of Minerva.

Duomo Santa Maria Assunta .. S9211	Central main door .. S9214	Interior, facing the front .. S9257	Interior, facing the altar .. S9258
Interior, central nave .. S9237	Stain glass, above portal .. S9242	Stain glass above altar .. S9243	Interior "wide-angle" .. 9238_9_40
Interior .. S9259	Painting honoring Pius III .. S9264	Marble pulpit by Niccolo Pisano, 1265-1268 .. S9254	Marble pulpit by Niccolo Pisano, detail .. S9256
Interior and graffiti on the pavement .. S9289	Graffiti: Sybl .. S9233	Graffiti: Sybl, close-up .. S9230	Graffiti: Sybl .. S9235_6
Graffiti: "History of Fortune" by Pintoricchio, 1506 .. S9222_3	Graffiti: "History of Fortune" by Pintoricchio, 1506 .. S9225_4	Graffiti: "History of Fortune", detail .. S9226	Graffiti: Medieval scenes .. S9215
Graffiti: Sybl .. S9229	Graffiti: Sybl, close-up .. S9228	Graffiti: Sybl .. S9217	Graffiti: Sybl .. S9218
Graffiti: Coat of Arms of Siena , Pisa, Lucca, Rome, etc .. S9216	Graffiti: Coat of Arms, detail .. S9305	Graffiti: The Imperial Eagle .. S9220_19	Graffiti: Fortune with Four Philosophers .. S9227
Graffiti: Medieval scenes .. S9247	Graffiti: Medieval scenes .. S9246	Graffiti: Medieval scenes .. S9244	Graffiti: Medieval scenes .. 32_S9245
Graffiti: "Massacre of the Innocents" .. S9249	Graffiti: "Massacre of the Innocents" .. S9250	Graffiti: "Massacre of the Innocents" .. S9248	Graffiti: "Massacre of the Innocents" .. S9251
Graffiti: Sybl .. S9234.jpg	Graffiti: Medieval scenes .. S9252	Graffiti: Medieval scenes .. S9253	Pavement .. S9304
The Piccolomini Altar (1481-85) ..S9303	The Piccolomini Altar, close-up .. S9302	St. John the Baptist by Donatello, 1457 ..S9296	St. John the Baptist by Donatello .. S9298
Margaret getting a shot of a lion on the way to the Duomo bookstore. .. S9291	Marble lion .. S9293	Marble lion, close-up .. S9295

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