Ticket to visit the Cathedral - or Duomo, without a doubt one of the most important monuments of San Gimignano - together with the adjoining Holy Art Museum,
Info & Booking
Cumulative Ticket Cathedral of San Gimignano and the Holy Art Museum
Piazza Luigi Pecori, 1-2, San Gimignano
Opening hours:
Monday - Saturday 10am to 6pm
Sunday 12.30noon to 6pm
Closed on Thursday
Last entry 30 minutes before closure.
Closed: from January 15 to 31, March 12, from November 15 to 30, and December 25.
Being a place of worship tour times are subject to change linked to unforeseeable extraordinary liturgical
activities.
Times can vary due to possible extraordinary liturgic activities.
Every visitor is entitled to free audio guide, available in 5 languages: English, Italian, Spanish, French and German.
Reservations must be made with a minimum of 1 day notice.
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Before making your eservation, please, read the Ordering Informations
IMPORTANT NOTICE: After succesfully completing a reservation, you will receive two e- mails: the copy of your order (immediately after submitting your order) and the confirmation mail (one working day after). In order to receive them, please make sure you insert your e-mail address correctly and check that your anti-spam filter or antivirus are not blocking mails from our address [email protected]. Special attention for AOL, Comcast and Sbcglobal.net mailbox users. Vouchers will also be available, aftre one business day from the request, at the page http://www.weekendinitaly.com/get_vouchers2.php
PLEASE NOTICE: Confirmed time is not always the same time you requested; museum automatically confirms the closest available time (any time) on the same date if requested time is sold out.
Cancellations and changes:
Once a visit is confirmed, it can be changed, upon the payment of a penalty fee, according to museum availability. Confirmed visits can be canceled and refunded cost of unused tickets minus service fee. No shows can also be refunded, upon request, for cost of unused tickets minus service fee.
Before You Book
PLEASE NOTE: Immediately after submitting an order, you will receive two email. The first email contains your order summary (this one you receive immediately after placing your order), the second email confirms your successful payment (one business day after placing the order). In order to receive these two emails, please make sure that you enter your email address correctly and check that antispam or antivirus filters do not block emails from our [email protected] address. Users of AOL, Comcast and Sbcglobal.net need to pay special attention to this, please. Vouchers will also be available, one business day after the request, at your dashboard.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The time you select on the order form is your preferred time. The closest available time, which can be anytime during opening hours on the selected date, will be automatically confirmed if your preferred time is no longer available.
Cathedral of San Gimignano and Museum of Sacred Art Combo Ticket
The Cathedral, or Duomo, is without a doubt one of the most important monuments of San Gimignano. The walls of the Basilica Santa Maria Assunta are entirely covered with frescoes that tell stories of the New and Old Testaments. These frescoes were painted by illustrious painters of the Sienese School of the 14th century, by Bartolo di Fredi and the Memmi workshop.
Inside the Cathedral, the Chapel of Santa Fina is one of the main Renaissance jewels thanks to the work of famous Florentine artists. The altar was created by the sculptor Benedetto da Maiano, the frescoes of the life of the saint by Domenico Ghirlandaio. Saint Fina is San Gimignano's favorite saint. Legend has it that she was afflicted with a serious illness as a little girl, and chose to spend the rest of her days lying on a wooden board. At the moment of her death, yellow violets blossomed from the board. Every year in March, the violets of Santa Fina blossom abundantly amidst the hard stone of the towers that give this medieval city its famous skyline.
The adjoining Museum of Sacred Art was created in 1915. It has recently been reorganized and includes works of art from convents, the Duomo and from churches of the area. The display exhibits remarkable paintings, sculptures, earthenware, partially preserved funerary monuments, bas-reliefs, textiles, and silverware.
Two wooden sculptures dating from the 14th century stand out among the collection - the Annunciation Angel and a Madonna of which only the head and the shoulders remain. Other special exhibition pieces are the illuminated psalm books and antiphonaries by Niccolò di Ser Sozzo and Lippo Vanni. The Madonna of the Rose, part of a triptych by Bartolo di Fredi, is particularly loved by the inhabitants of San Gimignano.
Cancellation Policy
Once a confirmation code has been assigned to your reservation, we can refund the cost of unused tickets, also for no-shows, minus a service fee (reservation fee and online booking fee).