# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCHITECT, Italian]() - Date: 1251-1300 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Massa Marittima Cathedral \(Duomo di Massa Marittima; Cattedrale di San Cerbone\) is dedicated to St Cerbonius \(died 575 AD\), <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/goro/cerbone.html'\)" href="/html/g/goro/cerbone.html">whose tomb by Goro di Gregorio</a> is in the cathedral. It is built on the ground plan of a Latin cross. The façade reveals the different influences which inspired the anonymous architect: the blind arcades in the lower part, decorated with circular openings and lozenges, the loggiato in the middle part and the surmounting tympanum are in Pisan Romanesque style. The large ogival mullioned window and the three spires show instead a Sienese influence. The central portal flanked by two lion columns has five panels dating from the early 13th century illustrating the legend of St Cerbonius. The three central columns of the tympanum rest on three figures: a bearded man, a griffin and a horse. The lower part of the bell tower is the original from the 13th century, the upper part is a 19th century addition. The polygonal tambour is from the 15th century. The photo shows the view of the cathedral from the north-west. ## Related artworks - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Apse of a basilica]() - [Arsenale Gateway]() - [Arsenale Gateway]() - [Basilica di Sant'Antonio: Chiostro del Noviziato]() - [Basilica Santi Nereo e Achilleo]() - [Ca' Foscari: Façade]() - [Chamber of the millers]() - [Chiesa dell'Incoronata: Interior of the dome]() - [Cloister gallery]() - [Detail of the façade]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()