Cathedral of Orvieto (S. Maria Assunta)

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Legend has it that the cathedral was built to house a relic that commemorates a miracle that did not happen here. The miracle of the Mass at Bolsena happened, you guessed it… at Bolsena, a town just 23 km away from here. In a church in Bolsena in 1263, a priest who was celebrating mass had doubts in the transubstantiation of christ, Read more…

Florence Duomo: free podcast

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Podcast describing the history of piazza duomo in Florence.
Dowload the pdf text here (with a diagram of the piazza and its major monuments).