{"id":16207,"date":"2016-08-23T12:22:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T10:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viverelatoscana.it\/en\/?p=16207"},"modified":"2016-08-23T12:22:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T10:22:38","slug":"siena-cathedral-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viverelatoscana.it\/en\/siena-cathedral-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Siena Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Siena Cathedral<\/b> (Italian: <span lang=\"it\" xml:lang=\"it\">Duomo di Siena<\/span>) is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to theAssumption of Mary.<\/p>\n<p>Previously the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Siena, from the 15th century the Archdiocese of Siena, it is now that of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d&#8217;Elsa-Montalcino.<\/p>\n<p>The cathedral itself was originally designed and completed between 1215 and 1263 on the site of an earlier structure. 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