Church of San Niccolò al Carmine

High Altar

  • The high altar, made from a variety of polychrome marbles, among which Yellow Siena is predominant, dates back to the second half of the seventeenth century with clear references to the Renaissance and was built in imitation of the Cathedral’s altar. It has three overlapping steps, evocative of the connection between the Earth and the Kingdom of God, with an open space in the centre, now closed . . .