Pistoia: Timeline

1108   In Pistoia, Italy Italy

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, Cathedral of San Zeno burned to the ground.

1254   The Ghibelline town of Pistoia is taken over by Guelph Florence Florence

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1287   The Altar of St. James at the Cathedral of San Zeno in Pistoia, Italy Italy

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 — a masterwork of the silversmithing trade containing nearly a ton of silver Silver

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 — is begun; it will not be completed for nearly 200 years.