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    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...
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    Siena (/siˈɛnə/ see-EN-ə; Italian: [ˈsjɛːna, ˈsjeːna] ; Latin: Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. Siena...
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    The Siena Cathedral Pulpit is an octagonal structure in Siena Cathedral sculpted by Nicola Pisano and his assistants Arnolfo di Cambio, Lapo di Ricevuto...
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    Roman art. Henry Moore, referring to his statues for the facade of Siena Cathedral, called him "the first modern sculptor". Born in Pisa, Giovanni Pisano...
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    as the son of "Petrus de Apulia", as stated in the archives of the Cathedral of Siena.[citation needed] Nicola Pisano was probably trained in the local...
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    The Cathedral Church of St. Catharine of Siena is the seat of the Diocese of Allentown. It is located at 1825 Turner Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania...
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    Giovanni Pisano in 1284–1320. Facade of Siena Cathedral (1215–1263) Altar and polychrome marble pillars of Siena Cathedral Church of Santa Maria della Spina...
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    splendor: new buildings were commissioned, including that of the Cathedral of Siena, the Palazzo Pubblico, and a substantial part of the city walls completed...
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    studio located on Via Stalloreggi, very close to Siena Cathedral. The painting was installed in the cathedral on 9 June 1311 after a procession of the work...
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    basilica (built 1228–1253) Siena Cathedral Pulpit, by Nicola Pisano Perugia's Fontana Maggiore, by Pisano Guido da Siena's "Flight into Egypt" Trecento...
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    Donatello (section In Siena)
    commissions for the city, of which only one reached Siena. Firstly there were bronze doors for the cathedral, of which only a possible trial cast of one panel...
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    frescoes, Cathedral of Siena, Siena Coronation of Pius II (c. 1503–1508), fresco, Cathedral of Siena, Siena St. John the Baptist Chapel (1504), Cathedral of...
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    Tuscan Gothic façade of the Siena Cathedral by Giovanni Pisano (1287–1297) and the designs for façade of the Florence Cathedral by Arnolfo di Cambio (1294–1302)...
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    Jacopo della Quercia (category Artists from Siena)
    works of Nicola Pisano and Arnolfo di Cambio on the pulpit in the cathedral of Siena and this must have influenced him. His first work may have been at...
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    Florence (1982); the Cathedral square of Pisa (1987); the historical centre of San Gimignano (1990); the historical centre of Siena (1995); the historical...
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    Orthodox Christian monastery in Cetinje, Montenegro, and the Catholic Cathedral of Siena, in Italy, both claim to have John the Baptist's right arm and hand...
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    target of all. The formal proceedings of the council were held in the Cathedral of Siena, while the sessions that did not require a liturgical celebration...
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  • countryside. In the city of Siena, the term indicates the 17 urban wards, whose representatives race on horseback in the Palio di Siena, run twice every year...
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    of Orvieto Cathedral , the façade of Siena Cathedral and the bell tower of Florence Cathedral . begun by Giotto in 1334. Milan Cathedral was the Italian...
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    ritual to ensure that future popes were male. In the 16th century, Siena Cathedral featured a bust of Joan among other pontiffs; this was removed after...
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    Renaissance, when it was in the Piccolomini Library, is now displayed in Siena Cathedral. The Charites are depicted together with several other mythological...
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  • list of gothic cathedrals in Europe that are active Christian cathedrals (the seats of bishops), but also includes former cathedrals and churches built...
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    best known including those of the Pisa Baptistery (dated 1260) and Siena Cathedral Pulpit by Nicola Pisano and the Pulpit of Sant' Andrea, Pistoia, by...
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    Catholic Church in Tuscany. The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Siena. Until 1459, the diocese was immediately subject to the Holy...
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    Vecchietta (category Painters from Siena)
    Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala (c. 1467-72), was moved to the Cathedral of Siena in 1506. According to Vasari, "This casting, which is admirable, acquired...
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    Siena Cathedral, westward Siena Cathedral, apse and clerestory Orvieto Cathedral, begun in 1310 Orvieto Cathedral, westward Orvieto Cathedral, traverse...
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    best known including those of the baptistery at Pisa (dated 1260), Siena Cathedral Pulpit (1268) also by Nicola Pisano, and by his son Giovanni Pisano...
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    Pisa Baptistery by Giovanni's father Nicola Pisano (1260), in the Siena Cathedral Pulpit, and in Giovanni's pulpit of Sant' Andrea, Pistoia; but this...
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    1194 and 1220 Siena Cathedral is a cathedral in Siena, Italy, that was completed between 1215 and 1263 Cologne Cathedral is a cathedral in Cologne, Germany...
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    Arnolfo di Cambio (category Architects of cathedrals)
    Nicola Pisano’s chief assistant on the marble Siena Cathedral Pulpit for the Duomo in Siena Cathedral (1265–1268), but he soon began to work independently...
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