Interior view of the upper portion of the sanctuary of the Siena Cathedral. The lower half is filled with beautiful paintings in a semi-circle surround, but we do not have a large enough image to make it worth scanning for the web. Then, too, the magnificent high altar in the center is marred by the hideous table now used for Mass. It makes you weep to think that all this grandeur that points so surely to Heaven can be "demoted" by modern man's unvaunted ego that makes him think he just must tamper with Tradition and the liturgical setting, simply because "new" means "better". Imagine having such a glorious church as this and to now have to attend Mass before a table!! I know what I am thinking, I wonder what God must be thinking! And St. Catherine ...
www.catholictradition.org/Passion/siena-interior.htm