Get ready to relive St. James the Major’s history, the city Patron Saint, visiting with us the Crucifix Chapel that today keeps the Silver Altar and its precious Reliquary.

Considered as one of the finest expression of Pistoia’s historical and artistic culture and commissioned by the General Council of the City in 1287, the Silver Altar is recognized as an absolute masterpiece of medieval goldsmithing. 

Composed of a wooden framework to which gilded silver laminae are fixed and embossed with translucent enamels (one of the earliest and most important testimonies in Italy) and precious stones, the Silver Altar was consecrated in 1399 and enriched until the first half of the fifteenth century. Among its draftsmen, Andrea di ​​Iacopo d’Ognabene, Giglio Pisano and the young Filippo Brunelleschi.

The ticket includes the interior of Saint Zeno Cathedral, remarkable building in Romanesque style characterized by its façade with white and green marble stripes, and an exciting visit at the Bell Tower, that offers a breath-taking view on Pistoia and its surroundings.