Duomo di Siena

Medieval Church
Groundbreaking 1196
Built 1222 -1348   

Each portal is capped by a Bronze work Sun

Polychrome Marble used for the variety of colors

A Bronze central door is considered a 'recent addition'

Commissioned in 1946 at the end of German occupation of Siena

The large door is called the Porta della Riconoscenza

"Glorification of the Virgin'  

Siena patron Saint