Grosseto Cathedral

Coordinates: 42°45′36″N 11°06′49″E / 42.76°N 11.1137°E / 42.76; 11.1137
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Grosseto Cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Lawrence
Duomo di Grosseto (
Style
Italian Gothic, Romanesque, Classical
Groundbreaking1294
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Grosseto
Clergy
Bishop(s)Rodolfo Cetoloni
ProvostFranco Cencioni

Grosseto Cathedral (

diocese of Grosseto and is dedicated to Saint Lawrence
.

History

Construction began at the end of the 13th century, under the architect Sozzo Rustichini of Siena. Erected over the earlier church of Santa Maria Assunta, it was not finished until the 15th century (mainly because of the continuing struggles against Siena).

The façade of alternate layers of white and black marble is

Madonna delle Grazie by Matteo di Giovanni
(1470).

The

campanile
(bell tower) was finished in 1402, and restored in 1911.