Lucca - Cathedral San Martino

The interior of Lucca Cathedral consists of a nave flanked by aisles and a two-aisled transept, with a semicircular apse at the east end. Round-headed arches borne on piers support galleries with two tripartite windows. The interior received its present form in the 14th-15th centuries (restored in the 19th century). Just inside the entrance, on the right, is the famous group depicting St Martin and the beggar (early 13th century), one of the finest examples of Romanesque sculpture in Lucca, formerly on the outside of the facade. On the fifth pier on the right is the pulpit by Matteo Civitali (1494-98). In the sacristy are a "Pietà", believed to be by Bartolomeo di Giovanni, and pictures by Doménico Ghirlandaio or his school. In the right-hand transept are the Tomb of Pietro da Noceto, Secretary to Pope Nicholas V (1447-55), and, facing it, the Tomb of Doménico Bertini. Both are notable examples (by Matteo Civitali) of Florentine funerary sculpture of the 15th century. To the right of the apse is the large Altar of St Regulus, and in the adjoining Chapel of the Sacrament are two Angels; both of these works are by Civitali. The stained glass in the apse, by Pandolfo di Ugolino, dates from about 1485. To the left of the sanctuary is a statue of St John the Evangelist by Iácopo della Quercia; and in the adjoining Cappella del Santuario is a beautiful "Madonna" (1509) by Fra Bartolommeo.