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and the second building phase began, lasting until about 1235 when the apse is known to have existed. The presbytery was added around this time as well, which lengthened the building from its original floor plan. There are similarities of style to contemporary Lucchese architecture. The lateral walls
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The façade is made up of a combination of Romanesque and Gothic styles. The façade, which was finished in the second half of the 14th century, is made up of a bichrome pattern of light and dark marble stone. The bottom part of the façade and the side elevations are
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The lower section of the façade and the side area near the St. John Portal are characterized by a bichrome decoration with geometrical marble tarsias. This part of the building can be dated to the early 12th century by the influences of the
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have leaves, human and animal motifs, which are perhaps influenced by ancient Roman structures still existing in Lucca at the time.
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as well as the similarities in the alternating black and white marble patterning with the Tuscan churches of
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The church has a rectangular plan, consisting of three naves, a presbytery and a semi-circular
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continued without the bichrome decoration. In the interior, the capitals are in the
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with twisted columns, each different from the others, is consistent with the
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The interior of the cathedral consists of a taller nave with exposed wooden
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In 1151 the church came under the jurisdiction of the Lateranense Canons of
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