Pistoia Cathedral - Campanile

At the left-hand end of the facade rises the massive campanile, 67m/220ft high, the lower part of which is said to have been a Lombard watch-tower. The upper storys, with arcades, were added in the 13th century, the top in the 16th. With its unmistakable and characteristic form the campanile has become the emblem and landmark of Pistoia. The spacious interior of the cathedral has pillars and columns with richly decorated capitals separating the nave from the aisles. Immediately inside the right-hand doorway is the Tomb of Cino da Pistoia (Sienese work of about 1337).