San Lorenzo Chapel
One of the many beautiful chapels of San Lorenzo in Genoa.  The Cathedral of Genoa - or Cattedrale di San Lorenzo - is the heart of Genoa and certainly fits in with its Medieval surroundings.  The Cathedral dates to the 12th century and supposedly houses the silver platter on which the head of John the Baptist was brought to Herod as well as the ashes of the saint himself and is the second cathedral in Europe we have visited that claims to hold the chalice used at the Last Supper.  All of these relics were supposed to have been confiscated from Constantinople as Genoa - like Venice - was a popular launching point and layover for the Christian crusaders.  

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