The sheer size and scale of the Duomo becomes more apparent when you walk through the front doors - it apparently can hold 40,000 people.

The floorplan is a central nave with four side-aisles, crossed approximately two thirds down by a transept, beyond which is the choir and apse. The highest point of the nave is 45 metres and even the transept has aisles.

So the Duomo is seriously big.

Having been built over several centuries, the interior is a miasma of styles and influence, although the original Gothic is by far the most dominant - it's more the detail than the basic structure that have been added to over time.

As one would expect for a cathedral of its size, age and importance, the Duomo has numerous monuments, sarcophagi, artwork from several centuries, with one of the nails reputedly from the cross placed in the apse.

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Last edited by shaneyward (08-18-2011 7:58 AM)