Cathedral - Interior

Restoration work, which will probably still have to continue for some time yet, has meant that the west entrance and the central aisle are closed off. The visitor must therefore proceed along the south side and enter the cathedral through a doorway in the west wall of the south transept arm. The nave has two rows of granite columns, which have ancient and Byzantine capitals supporting stilted ogives. Central and side aisles have an open wooden roof truss, the beams of which are richly painted. There is a font in the right-hand side aisle (12th century) and a statue of the Mother of God by A. Gagini in the left-hand side aisle (1533). The triumphal arch, which is supported by two massive pillars, leads from the nave across to the transept. Looking back from the transept, the visitor can see that it is in fact a double triumphal arch: the higher one belonging to the original plans, while a lower one was inserted into it when it was decided to have the nave lower than was initially planned. Both transept arms have a gallery high up.