Experts' Choice Award Complesso Museale della Cattedrale
6 expert reviews
“The highly successful architectural marriage of the town's 12th- to 15th-century buildings with the steel-and-glass modernity of this new museum is almost more interesting than the exhibits themselves.”
– Frommer's
Lonely Planet "In the north transept of Chiesa e Battistero dei SS Giovanni e Reparata is a baptistry crowning an archaeological area comprising five building levels going back to the Roman period." Full review
Fodor's "The cathedral museum exhibits many items too precious to be in the church, most notably the finely worked golden decorations of the Volto Santo, the Byzantine crucifix that remains in the Duomo." Full review
Fodor's "The baptistery of this church is lovely enough, but the unusual element here is an archaeological site, discovered in 1969, where five layers of Luccan history were uncovered." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Opposite the cathedral, archaeologists have unearthed traces of a house and Roman baths, as well as the original foundations and successive extensions of the early cathedral and baptistry." Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"Beautiful cathedral with a Pisan Romanesque-style façade in green and white marble is a masterpiece of balance, in which the austere Pisan style has been replaced with charming imaginative features." Full review
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