The cathedral was designed and built in the period from 1215 to 1263 on the site of an earlier building. Outside and inside the cathedral is finished with white and greenish-black marble with the addition of red marble on the facade. Black and white are the heraldic colors of Siena, their origin is associated with the white and black horses of the founders of the city, Senius and Askia.
The interior of the cathedral is remarkable for its exceptional artistic expressiveness of the mosaic floor, the magnificently decorated pulpit by Niccolò Pisano and the statue of John the Baptist, sculptured by Donatello.
The interior of the cathedral is remarkable for its exceptional artistic expressiveness of the mosaic floor, the magnificently decorated pulpit by Niccolò Pisano and the statue of John the Baptist, sculptured by Donatello.
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