La Cappella di Piazza () and Torre del Mangia, Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

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The marble loggia, known as Cappella di Piazza, was added in 1352 as a vow for the Holy Virgin by the Sienese survivors from the Black Death. The pilaster were remade in the current form in 1378, the sculptures decorating them being executed in 1378-1382 by Mariano d'Angelo Romanelli and Bartolomeo di Tommé. The simple wooden ceiling once covering the loggia was replaced by the current Renaissance marble vault in 1461-1468 by Antonio Federighi, also author of the bizarre decorations of the coronation. In 1537-1539 Il Sodoma painted a fresco over the altar, now housed in the Town museum in the Palazzo Pubblico. (source: Wikipedia)

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Size: 3414px × 5100px
Location: Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Photo credit: © Olga Gajewska / Alamy / Afripics
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