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Beneath that dome, over the high altar, is another replica of St. Peter’s: Bernini’s celebrated gilded bronze canopy.
In the austere 16th–17th century cathedral, see Taddeo di Bartolo’s fine triptych on the high altar.
The most spectacular art treasures of the church are its gorgeous Byzantine mosaics, glittering Old Testament scenes high on the walls (don’t forget the binoculars), and a triumphant Mary and Jesus enthroned in the apse over the high altar.
On the chapel’s altar wall is Michelangelo’s tempestuous Last Judgment, begun 23 years after the ceiling’s completion in 1512, when he was 60 and imbued with deep religious soul-searching.
In 1612 Bishop Juan de Cervantes took part of the cross to the capital city of Oaxaca and used it as the foundation of a replica, which today stands in the main altar of the cathedral.