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The plan retains its T-shape form with cylindrical piers dividing the nave from the aisles and for the first time in Italy, pointed arches delineated by subtle ribbing. Last but not least, the influence of Tuscany Art - the Sienese School and perhaps even the Giottesque Florentine School - was keenly felt by the unknown master who frescoed scenes from the life of the Virgin upon the walls of the octagonal dome during the early 14th century.
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