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CATHEDRAL
Cattedrale di San Cerbone
(Piazza Garibaldi; 8am-noon & 3-5pm)
Presiding over photogenic Piazza Garibaldi (aka
Piazza Duomo), Massa Marittima's asymmetrically positioned 13th-century
duomo
is
dedicated to St Cerbonius, the town's patron saint, who is always depicted surrounded by
a flock of geese. Inside, don't miss the freestanding
Maestà
(Madonna and Child en-
throned in majesty; 1316) attributed by some experts to Duccio di Buoninsegna.
The
duomo
's other treasures include a carved marble urn known as the
Arca di San
Cerbone
(St Cerbone's Ark; 1324) behind the high altar and an early-14th-century poly-
chrome wooden crucifix carved by Giovanni Pisano on the altar itself.
On the facade, above the main doorway, are carved panels depicting scenes from St
Cerbone's life.
Museo di Arte Sacra
MAP
MUSEUM
GOOGLE MAP
(Museum of Sacred Art;
www.museiartesacra.net
;
Corso Diaz 36; adult/child €5/3; 10am-1pm & 3-6pm
Tue-Sun summer, 11am-1pm & 3-5pm Tue-Sun winter)
Housed in the former monastery of San Pi-
etro all'Orto, this museum houses a splendid
Maestà
(c 1335-37) by Ambrogio Lorenz-
etti, as well as sculptures by Giovanni Pisano that originally adorned the
duomo
's facade.
The collection of primitive grey alabaster bas-reliefs also came from the
duomo,
but date
from an earlier era.
