Modena Archives • Folksy Travel by Bill Smale

Modena il duomo. What you find in front of most of the main cathedrals in each city is a large public square or piazza. People will gather just for fun, have a Vance and around the piazza there are many places to go shopping

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Inside Modena il duomo. Notice the brick type construction that is very typical of the 13th century construction. Not much marble used here

It would be interesting to spend enough time here to be able to listen to the choir music they have presented in this cathedral

Modena cathedral

Cathedral in Italian is il duomo or cattredale. This one in Modena as you can see is mostly marble. Evidently the most prized marble from the north of Italy is white so Leonardo da Vinci used the white marble from northern Italian mountains to create many of his sculptures.