Cathedral of San Florido
The Cathedral, built in this project during the Renaissance - on a site previously occupied by an older church dating from 1012 - was built to praise the patron of town, Bishop Saint Florido. The Cathedral shows evidence of distant roman origins and some traces of a gothic rebuilding, mainly on the north side - in fact the door, decorated with elegant bas-reliefes, is a beautiful testimony of this period. This door opens onto the recently restored eighteenth century stairs. The columns are fabulously sculptured with religious symbols. Inside, the Corinthian order is Latin-cross shaped and the upper attic is Doric. The seventeenth century facade facing the Cassero is unfinished, it is joined to Giulio Vitelli's sixteenth century Provostship, just near the eighteenth century Palazzo Della Porta.
The aisle less interior, with cross shaped vaults and lateral chapels, has pure architectural style, according to a typical Florentine Renaissance scheme of the sixteenth century even if the prevalent structure is from the fifteenth century.
The SS. Sacramento Chapel, called "Il Cappellone" (The Big Chapel) is accredited to Nicola Barbioni - end of the seventeenth century. To the same period dates back the coffered ceiling. The Cupola was damaged by an earthquake and was rebuilt following the design of Tommaso Catriani, at the end of eighteenth century. Also notable is the inferior church (second part of 15th century) with the recently restored original plastering and the tomb of Saint Florido. The choir stalls are of a great beauty and date from the seventeenth century and were realized following the designs by, among others, Raffaellino del Colle.