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ket square, adjoining Piazza della Sala and once home to a brothel, was the entrance to
Pistoia's Jewish ghetto.
Cattedrale di San Zeno
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CATHEDRAL
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(Piazza del Duomo; silver altar €2/1.50; 8.30am-12.20pm & 3.30-6.45pm, silver altar 9-10am,
11.30am-12.30pm & 3.30-6pm) This cathedral with a beautiful Pisan-Romanesque facade safe-
guards a lunette of the Madonna and Child between two angels by Andrea della Robbia.
Its other highlight, tucked in gloomy Cappella di San Jacopo off the north aisle, is the silver
Dossale di San Giacomo (Altarpiece of St James) begun in 1287 and finished two centuries
later by Brunelleschi; buy tickets inside the Battistero di San Giovanni ( Click here ) across
the square (on Mondays when the baptistry is shut, cross your fingers and hope a church
attendant is around).
Battistero di San Giovanni
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RELIGIOUS
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(Piazza del Duomo; baptistery admission free, bell tower €6/4.50; 10am-1pm & 3-6pm Tue-Sun)
Across from the cathedral is the 14th- century octagonal baptistry, elegantly banded in
green-and-white marble to a design by Andrea Pisano. An ornate square marble font and
soaring dome enliven the otherwise bare, red-brick interior. Scale its bell tower for bird's-
eye city views.
Museo Civico
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ART GALLERY
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(Piazza del Duomo 1; adult/reduced €3.50/2; 10am-6pm Thu-Sun) Pistoia's Gothic Palazzo Com-
munale is strung with works by Tuscan artists from the 13th to 20th centuries. Don't miss
Bernardino di Antonio Detti's Madonna della Pergola (1498) with its modern treatment
of St James, the Madonna and Baby Jesus; spot the mosquito on Jesus' arm.
Ospedale del Ceppo & Pistoia Sotterranea
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MONUMENT
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( www.irsapt.it ; Piazza Giovanni XXIII 13; guided visits adult/reduced €9/8; 9am-6pm summer, to 5pm
winter) The facade of Ospedale del Ceppo , with its 16th-century polychrome terracotta frieze
by Giovanni della Robbia, stops even the most monument-weary in their tracks. It depicts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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