Livorno - Cathedral

In the center of the old town of Leghorn is the cathedral (San Francesco d'Assisi), built between 1594 and 1606 to the design of Bernardo Buontalenti and Alessandro Pieroni. After its destruction during the Second World War (1943) it was rebuilt in its original form. The interior (aisleless) contains a number of tombs and ceiling-frescoes by Iácopo Ligozzi, Passignano and Iácopo da Émpoli (all 16th-17th century). Via Cairoli leads southeast from the cathedral in a straight line and passes the Fosso Reale.

Gilded sculpture reliquary by M. Soldani (1692).