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Baptistry-January 2024
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Jan 22, 2025

　　Just west of the cathedral is the 13th-century baptistry with a small marble font (1502) by Andrea Sansovino.

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Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Volterra
　　A handsome coffered ceiling is the standout feature of Volterra's duomo, which was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and remodelled in the 16th. The Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows, to the left as you enter from Piazza San Giovanni, has two sculptures by Andrea della Robbia and...
Baptistry
Volterra
　　Just west of the cathedral is the 13th-century baptistry with a small marble font (1502) by Andrea Sansovino. ...
Palazzo dei Priori
Volterra
　　Volterra's 13th-century town hall is the oldest seat of local government in Tuscany. The staircase bears a fresco of the Crucifixion by Pier Francesco Fiorentino and there's a magnificent cross-vaulted council hall. The bell tower was significantly rebuilt in the 19th century; get to the top either by lift or...
Ecomuseo dell'Alabastro
Volterra
　　As befits a town that's hewn the precious material from nearby quarries since Etruscan times, Volterra is the proud possessor of an alabaster museum. It's an intriguing exploration of everything related to the rock, from production and working to commercialisation. Contemporary creations feature strongly; there are also choice examples from...
Pinacoteca Comunale
Volterra
　　Local, Sienese and Florentine art holds sway in this modest collection in the Palazzo Minucci Solaini. Taddeo di Bartolo's Madonna Enthroned with Child (1411) is exquisite, while Rosso Fiorentino's Deposition from the Cross (1521) appears strikingly modern. The ticket includes entrance to the Ecomuseo dell'Alabastro, which is attached. ...
Teatro Romano
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　　The grassy ranks of seating and towering columns of Italy's finest and best-preserved Roman theatre makes this a particularly evocative archaeological site. It was commissioned in the 1st century BC and could hold up to 2000 spectators. Today the cavea (sloping seating area), orchestra pit and stage are still clearly...
Museo Etrusco Guarnacci
Volterra
　　The vast collection of artefacts exhibited here makes this one of Italy's most impressive Etruscan collections. Found locally, they include some 600 funerary urns carved mainly from alabaster and tufa – perhaps the pick is the Urna degli sposi (Urn of the Spouses), a strikingly realistic terracotta rendering of an...
Museo Diocesano d'Arte Sacra Volterra
Volterra
　　Offering an innovative and particularly satisfying museum experience, this collection of sacred art is housed in the still-functioning Chiesa di San Agostino, ensuring that works are presented in a proper context. Drawn from the churches of the diocese of Volterra, they include three magnificent Madonnas Enthroned with Child: 15th-century versions...
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