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The 17th-century Baroque Madonna del Voto Chapel (in the right transept) was designed by Bernini, whose statues of St. Jerome and Mary Magdalen flank the entrance.
Half-size but still massive enough — inside, the nave is 109 m (328 ft) long, the transept is 73 m (220 ft) long, and the vault of the dome is 83 m (250 ft) high.
In the right-hand transept, in a glass case, is a curiosity, a small statue of a boy known as the Menino Jesus da Cartolina.
In the Upper Basilica, reopened in 2000 after intense round-the-clock restoration, Cimabue’s works in the apse and left transept have turned black, looking like photo negatives because of the oxidized white lead in his paints, yet you can still feel the intensity of the crowd’s anguish in his Crucifixion, blessedly untouched by the earthquake’s damaging force.
In the right transept, the Cimabue’s famous portrait of St. Francis, believed to be a close physical resemblance, shows him to the right of the enthroned Madonna.