Italy Guide
Emilia-Romagna
The Duomo
Te twelfth-century Duomo Opening time: daily 7am–12.20pm & 3.30–7pm 
www.Duomodimodena.it Price: free is one of the finest products of the Romanesque period in Italy and is on the Unesco World Heritage list. Its most striking feature is the west facade whose portal is supported by two fierce-looking lions and fringed with marvellous reliefs – the work of one Wiligelmo, who also did the larger reliefs that run along the wall. Inside, under the choir is the plain stone coffin of St Geminianus, the patron saint of Modena – on his feast day, January 31, crowds come to visit his coffin, and a big market is held out in the main square.