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In Volterra we have holiday accommodation properties of the following types: 3 Star Hotels, 4 Star Hotels, Agritourisms, Bed and Breakfasts, Houses and Residences.
Some of our popular destinations for holiday accommodation in Volterra include: Arezzo, Calci, Florence, Grosseto, Leghorn, Livorno, Lucca, Massa Carrara, Palaia, Pisa, Pistoia, Pontedera, Prato, San Giuliano Terme, Siena and Volterra.
Our featured holiday accommodation properties in Volterra include: Antico Borgo di Ariano, Camere Renzi, San Giusto, Albergo Residence Villa Rioddi, Park Hotel Le Fonti and Podere Fraggina.
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Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Volterra - Pisa in Tuscany
The cathedral was built around 1120 on a pre-existing church dedicated to St. Mary. The two-order façade, with quadrangular pilaster strips in Lombard style and a marble portal with geometric mosaic lunette of the Roman period, dates back to the 13th century when, according to Vasari, the whole building was enlarged and adorned by Nicola Pisano. The Latin-cross interior presents two side aisles and a nave divided by granite columns and walls painted with black and white stripes; on each side are interesting chapels. In the left aisle is the 12th-century pulpit, attributed to the school of Giovanni Pisano, but restored in the 17th century: the pulpit rests on four small columns with valuable capitals representing allegoric animals.
Due to the restoration work that took place over the centuries, the Cathedral has now a late-Renaissance appearance. In 1580-84, owing to the new liturgical rules issued by the Council of Trent and supported by the bishop Serguidi, restoration work was carried on, such as the restoration of the capitals of the columns and the coffered ceiling. In the middle of the nave is the Holy Spirit (the Heaven), while all around there are the busts of the saints of the Volterran church: St. Ugo and St. Giusto, St. Lino, St. Clemente, St. Attinia and St. Greciniana. Other restoration work took place in 1842-43, among which the restoration of the marble floor and of the present-day presbyterate, and in 1934-36.
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 You are looking for Accommodation in Volterra, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
Our featured holiday accommodation properties in Volterra include: Albergo Residence Villa Rioddi, Antico Borgo di Ariano, Camere Renzi, Park Hotel Le Fonti, Podere Fraggina and San Giusto.
In Volterra we have holiday accommodation properties of the following types: 3 Star Hotels, 4 Star Hotels, Agritourisms, Bed and Breakfasts, Houses and Residences.
Some of our popular destinations for holiday accommodation in Volterra include: Arezzo, Calci, Florence, Grosseto, Leghorn, Livorno, Lucca, Massa Carrara, Palaia, Pisa, Pistoia, Pontedera, Prato, San Giuliano Terme, Siena and Volterra.
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