The Pistoia Cathedral is the main religious building in Pistoia in Tuscany, central Italy, on the cathedral square in the city center. It is the seat of the Bishop of Pistoia, dedicated to San Zeno of Verona. It was most likely built in the 10th century, and restorations from 1952 to 1999 restored the church to its original appearance.
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The Pistoia Cathedral is the main religious building in Pistoia in Tuscany, central Italy, on the cathedral square in the city center. It is the seat of the Bishop of Pistoia, dedicated to San Zeno of Verona. It was most likely built in the 10th century, and restorations from 1952 to 1999 restored the church to its original appearance.
The bell tower of Pistoia Cathedral dates back to the 12th century. From the bottom, there are no openings on the three floors, the upper floor is the clock tower, the two floors have vertical windows, the three floors are the corridors, and the last floor is the ninth floor, which is equipped with bell rooms and spires, which are repeatedly reconstructed due to the earthquakes of the late Middle Ages. The last two floors of the decorative outer crown have Ghibelline tuxedo-shaped city walls. Serpentine green marble and local limestone alternate among the building materials. The restoration in the early twentieth century, the Terracotta Warriors' steeple and the temple overlooking it have been the subject of renovation, and the building has also removed the clocks, liberating the Romanesque vertical glass windows on the first floor. The total height of the bell tower at the tip of the cross is 66 and 85 centimeters.
The bell tower of Pistoia Cathedral dates back to the 12th century, and on the left is the exterior wall of the cathedral. From the bottom, the three floors have no openings, of which the upper floor is the clock tower, the two floors have vertical windows, the three floors are the corridors, and the last floor is the ninth floor, which is equipped with bell rooms and spires, which are repeatedly reconstructed because of the earthquakes that reached the city in the late Middle Ages. The last two floors of the decorative outer crown have Ghibelline tuxedo-shaped city walls. Serpentine green marble and local limestone alternate among the building materials. The restoration of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses steeple and the temple overlooking it have been the subject of renovations in the early twentieth century, and the removal of the clocks has also freed the Romanesque vertical-framed glass windows on the first floor.