The Cathedral of Pienza

The Cathedral was built in 1459 on a pre-existing religious building.

The building shows both typical Medieval and Gothic features. The travertine-made facade shows three portals and three pillars that are supported by columns dividing the facade in three parts.

By the left side of the Cathedral rises an optagonal shape travertine-made belfry.

The interior has three aisles divided by pillars surmounted by capitals that show some dosserets (elements decorated with animal or floreal patterns, that are typical of the Byzantine style).

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In the right aisle it is possible to admire a plate painted by Giovanni di Paolo, portraying the "Our Lady with the Child and the Saints Anthony Abbot, Bernardine, Francis and Sabina".

Inside the Cathedral there five chapels: inside the first chapel there is a plate painted by Matteo di Giovanni (1430-1495); in the second chapel it is possible to admire a fine altar with a travertine-made dossal; the main chapel in surrounded by a wooden choir in Gothic style; inside the fourth chapel it is possible to admire a painting portraying the "Our Lady's Assumption among the Saints Catherine, Callisto, Pio I and Agata" that was painted by Lorenzo Vecchietta (1412-1480) and finally inside the fifth chapel is placed an art work painted by Sano di Pietro (1406-1481), portraying the "Our Lady with the Child among the Saints Filippo, Giacomo, Anna and Maddalena".