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Duomo

Address: Piazza del Duomo, Lucca, 55100
Phone: 0583/490530

Category: Public Art (Mural/Sculpture/Statue)
Location: Lucca

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Fodor's Review:

The round-arch facade of the cathedral is a fine example of the rigorously ordered Pisan Romanesque style, in this case happily enlivened by an extremely varied collection of small carved columns. Take a closer look at the decoration of the facade and that of the portico below; they make this one of the most entertaining church exteriors in Tuscany. The Gothic interior contains a moving Byzantine crucifix—called the Volto Santo, or Holy Face—brought here, according to legend, in the eighth century (though it probably dates from between the 11th and early 13th centuries). The masterpiece of the Sienese sculptor Jacopo della Quercia (circa 1371-1438) is the marble Tomb of Ilaria del Carretto (1407-1408).

Cost: EUR 2
Open: Duomo: weekdays 7-5:30, Sat. 9:30-6:45, Sun. 11:30-11:50 and 1-5:30. Tomb: Nov.-Mar., weekdays 9:30-4:45, Sat. 9:30-6:45, Sun. 11:30-11:50 and 1-5; Apr.-Oct., weekdays 9:30-5:45, Sat. 9-6:45, Sun. 9-10 and 1-5:45

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