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the zodiac. The baptistery wasn't completed until 1307 thanks to several interruptions,
most notably when the supply of pink Verona marble ran out.
Pinacoteca Stuard
(Borgo del Parmigianino 2; adult/reduced €4/2; 9am-6.30pm Wed-Mon)
Giuseppe Stuard was a
19th-century Parmese art collector who amassed 500 years worth of epoch-defining art
linking the Tuscan masters of the 1300s to the
novecento
romantics. In 2002 the collection
was moved into a wing of this 10th-century Benedictine monastery dedicated to St Paul,
where it has been artfully laid out over 24 rooms on the site of an old Roman villa.
MUSEUM
Museo Bocchi
( 0521 22 82 89;
www.museobocchi.it
; Via Cairoli; Tue-Sun 10.30am-1pm)
Don't underestim-
ate Amedeo Bocchi, a 20th-century Parma-born artist whose painting owes a debt to the
symbolism of Gustav Klimt. This museum spreads his stirring work over six rooms. Most
compelling are the impressionistic studies of his beloved daughter Bianca who died tra-
gically in 1934 aged 26.
MUSEUM
Museo Diocesano
(Vicolo del Vescovado 3a; admission €4; 9am-12.30pm & 3-6.30pm)
On the other side of the
square to the Duomo, in the cellars of the former bishop's palace, this museum displays
statuary. Highlights include a finely sculpted Solomon and Sheba, and a 5th-century early-
Christian mosaic, which was discovered under Piazza del Duomo.
A combined ticket (€6) allows entry into the baptistery and Museo Diocesano.
MUSEUM
Chiesa di San Giovanni
Evangelista
(Piazzale San Giovanni; 8.30-11.45am & 3-5.30pm, monastery 9-11.45am & 3-5pm Mon-Wed, Fri &
Sat)
This abbey church rises directly behind the Duomo and is attached to a monastery. Its
16th-century facade is mannerist (the less harmonious, rational style that followed the
High Renaissance) and is noted for its magnificent frescoed dome, the work of Correggio.
The dome was highly influential for its time and inspired many later works.
CHURCH
