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The most noteworthy part of the Cathedral is its Palace Bonifacio VIII crypt. Known as the ‘Sistine Chapel of the Middle Ages’ boasts 540 square meters of symbol-bearing frescoes, datable to the papacies of Innocent III and Gregory IX. The paintings tell the story of The principal religious center of the city, the humanity from the cosmogony to the Apocalypse. cathedral is Romanesque with elements of the This crypt houses the relics of the saints of Gothic style. It was constructed by the bishop S. Anagni. The walls and vaults of the crypt are Peter of Salerno between 1072 and 1104 and completely covered in medieval frescoes, which governed during the 13th century by 24 powerful are in remarkable condition: still brightly colored cleric’s canons.The Cathedral stands where there and almost fully intact. They form one of the once were pre-Roman and Roman acropolis. The most extensive and best-preserved medieval monument covers several floors: in the basement, pictorial cycles in Europe. The frescoes were one finds St. Magno’s crypt with St. Thomas painted in 1237 by Friar Romanus, who also Becket’s oratory; on the ground floor, there is the painted the frescoes at San Benedetto in Subiaco, church with the side chapels; on the first floor, and two other unknown masters. The crypt also the treasure museum, the Saviour’s chapel, the retains its original Cosmatesque pavement chapter house, the sacristies and the library; and (c.1235), fully intact and unrestored. on the second floor, the capitulary archive. The notable home of Pope Gregory IX who hosted the emperor Frederick II in 1230, it was later converted into Pope Boniface VIII’s fortress. Here this Pope suffered the so-called “Outrage of Anagni” in 1303.The structure was build in the early 13th century by Gregory IX, a member of the powerful Conti family. The Caetani family became lords of the property in 1297, and it was during under their ownership that the infamous “outrage” took place. On the upper floor, the Chess Room boasts a checkerboard with floral designs, a metaphor of the arts of war and courtly games..