{"id":10531,"date":"2019-06-29T18:29:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T16:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/?post_type=attrazione&p=10531"},"modified":"2024-03-07T21:30:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T20:30:18","slug":"volterra-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"attrazione","link":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/attrazione\/volterra-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"Volterra | Cathedral of Santa Maria"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cathedral<\/strong> was built around 1120 on a pre-existing church dedicated to Santa Maria destroyed by a violent earthquake. The fa\u00e7ade in Pisa Romanesque style<\/strong> dates back to the 13th century, when the church was enlarged and adorned probably by Nicola Pisano<\/strong> who worked on the nearby Baptistery<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The interior<\/strong> has a Latin cross plan with three naves divided by 22 granite columns and walls painted in black and white stripes. In the left aisle is the pulpit<\/strong>, rebuilt using original 12th-century elements, while a chapel houses the wooden group of the Deposition<\/strong>, masterpiece of Romanesque sculpture (1228).<\/p>\n

The Cathedral has a late Renaissance look due to the continuous renovations over the centuries, such as the grandiose coffered ceiling<\/strong> with decorative geometric elements.<\/p>\n

At the centre of the nave are busts of the saints from the Volterra church<\/strong>: Ugo, Giusto, San Lino (a Pope<\/strong>), Clemente and the Saints Attinia and Greciniana.<\/p>\n

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