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Siena Cathedral
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medieval church in Siena, Italy
Key facts
- Location
- Siena , Tuscany
- Country
- Italy
- Denomination
- Catholic
- Tradition
- Roman Rite
- Website
- operaduomo.siena.it
- Status
- Cathedral
- Architects
- Giovanni di Agostino Giovanni Pisano Camaino di Crescentino
- Architectural type
- Church
- Style
- Italian Gothic , Romanesque , Classical
- Length
- 89.4 metres (293 ft)
- Height
- 77 metres (253 ft)
- Archdiocese
- Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
- Archbishop
- Augusto Paolo Lojudice
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
- i, ii, iv
- Designated
- 1995 (19th session )
- Part of
- Historic Centre of Siena
- Region
- Europe and North America
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- unfinished building
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Award
- Golden Rose
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Siena
- Dedicated to
- Assumption of Mary
- Official website
- www.operaduomo.siena.it
- Image
- Duomo di Siena-9635.jpg
- Height
- 77
- Patron saint
- Assumption of Mary
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- Commons category
- Cathedral (Siena)
- architectural style
- Gothic architecture
- topic's main category
- Category:Cathedral (Siena)
- Commons gallery
- Cathedral (Siena)
- inception
- 1196-00-00
- Commons Institution page
- Duomo, Siena
- Christian liturgical rite
- Roman Rite
- native label
- Duomo di Siena
- name
- cathédrale de Sienne
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Encyclopedic overview
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 the Assumption of Mary.
Since its construction in the early 13th century, the cathedral has been central to Sienese identity. The cathedral complex was continuously expanded from its earliest days until the Black Death halted construction in 1348. The citizens of Siena continually advocated for the cathedral to become one of the largest churches in Europe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siena Cathedral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.