The presbytery in the Cathedral of Siena, is dominated by the large marble altar done by Baldassare Peruzzi in 1532.

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The presbytery is dominated by the large marble altar done by Baldassare Peruzzi in 1532, under an earlier bronze ciborium by Vecchietta and flanked by angels carrying candles. The apse has frescoes by various 16th- and 17th-century artists, some of which were poorly repaired in the 19th century. The 36 carved choir-stalls that remain from the original 90 are in Late Gothic style, dating from 1363 to 1397. Behind the stalls are highly decorative inlaid panels by Fra Giovanni da Verona, from 1503

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Size: 5377px × 3955px
Location: Siena, Italy
Photo credit: © Ron Elledge Photography / Alamy / Afripics
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