งามจากพื้น จนถึงทุกมุม พยายามส่งรูป ครบสามสิบ หลายครั้งไม่ไป เลยต้องสุ่ม บางรูป น่ะ Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption Cattedrale Metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta (Italian) Siena Cathedral Basic information Location Siena, Italy Geographic coordinates 43.3177°N 11.3290°E Affiliation Roman Catholic Region Tuscany Province Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val dElsa-Montalcino Year consecrated c. 1215 Ecclesiastical or organizational status Cathedral Status Active Architectural description Architect(s) Giovanni di Agostino Architectural type Church Architectural style French Gothic, Romanesque, Classical Direction of façade West Groundbreaking 1196 Completed 1348 Dome(s) 1 Siena Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Siena) is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta (Holy Mary, Our Lady of the Assumption). The cathedral itself was originally designed and completed between 1215 and 1263 on the site of an earlier structure. It has the form of a Latin cross with a slightly projecting transept, a dome and a bell tower. The dome rises from a hexagonal base with supporting columns. The lantern atop the dome was added by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The nave is separated from the two aisles by semicircular arches. The exterior and interior are constructed of white and greenish-black marble in alternating stripes, with addition of red marble on the façade. Black and white are the symbolic colors of Siena, etiologically linked to black and white horses of the legendary citys founders,
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