I have always had an admiration and appreciation of design with marble and because of it, I enjoy my trips to Italy even more since I get to see the best of the best marble decor mostly in their churches or cathedrals.

So, while in Siena, of course outside of Piazza del Campo,  I drifted away from my day tour and walked into Sienna’s most famous Cathedral (Santa Maria Assunta) in order to get time to see the mosaic marble decor.  Lucky me, apparently the floors of the church are kept covered for most of the year but this particular year they decided to open it to the public during the month of September and October, so I got to see the most amazing marble mosaic works in all it’s glory. Here are five out of the 50 plus photos I took just inside the cathedral 🙂 Enjoy!

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