Usually marble mosaic floor of the cathedral of Siena, the creation of which lasted for five hundred years, hidden under the wooden floor for safekeeping. Within two months, visitors can admire them, passing on strictly designated routes inside the cathe

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Massacre of the Innocents Detail of the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Siena
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mosaic marble floor of the cathedral in the Tuscan town of Siena is open to tourists for two months. Usually this is a great piece of Italian masters hidden under wooden flooring for safekeeping. Visitors during the two months it will be possible to walk on a pre-established routes inside the cathedral and see the mosaics in the altar area, under the dome, and in all other parts of the Siena Duomo.

mosaic on the floor of the Cathedral of Siena is unique in beauty and the number of attachments in her work. Do artists and Mosaic (they were mostly local talent) took about five hundred years of its creation (from 1300's to 1800's). Among those who had a hand in this masterpiece were Sienese Sassetta (Sassetta), Domenico di Bartolo (Domenico di Bartolo), Matteo di Giovanni (Matteo di Giovanni) and Domenico Beccafumi (Domenico Beccafumi), as well as the famous painter Pinturicchio (Pinturicchio) from the nearby Umbria.

Prepared Maria Onuchina, AI

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