Until 31 July and from 18 August to 18 October 2023, the Cathedral of Siena is unveiling its inlaid marble floor, one of Italy's most astonishing artistic creations, but so fragile that it usually ...

Detail of “The She-Wolf of Siena” in the mosaic floor of the cathedral (photo via Getty Images) The drawings supplied for the floor’s 56 panels were designed by artists who were all from ...

The cathedral of Siena, in Italy’s Tuscany region, is renowned for its spectacular 14th-century mosaic floor. But due to its fragility, the masterpiece is protected from visitor foot traffic by ...

Ambrogio’s frescoes lined Palazzo Pubblico. Even Florentine Giorgio Vasari called Siena Cathedral’s marble mosaic floor “the most magnificent ever made”. By the time Vasari wrote ...

1308-11), a two-sided work designed for the high altar of Siena Cathedral. It measures roughly ... here allowing the viewer to glimpse the patterned floor tiles within the temple.

Siena's cathedral was briefly shuttered by a quake on Wednesday. Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP) An earthquake in the Italian region of Tuscany sparked the brief evacuation of the cathedral and closure ...

Some plasters of the Baptistery of the Cathedral of Siena have fallen following the shock of an earthquake of magnitude 3.7 with its epicenter in Poggibonsi. The investigations to establish any ...

On Friday, the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena will hold a special service. Bishop Alfred Schlert will hold a 'Solemn Pontifical Mass' for the Repose of Pope Francis at 12:15 p.m. on Friday ...

Majestic and richly ornate, Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral is a jewel of Italian Gothic architecture. Its black and white exterior recalls the legend of Siena's origins. The interior, meanwhile ...

The Rev. Stephan Isaac gives the Eucharist during an Easter Sunday Mass on Sunday, April 9, 2023, at the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown. About 400 parishioners attended the Mass ...