The Bull on the Cathedral

The head of a bull is embedded in the side of the Cathedral overlooking Via Ricasoli. Behind the mystery, hide two stories, one more likely to be true, the other more legendary and “spicy”. Let us begin with the most plausible one. According to this story, the workers who built the cathedral made the sculpture as a tribute to the draft animals that were used during the construction works. According to the other story, a carpenter who worked in the construction of the cathedral had an affair with the wife of a baker who had a shop near there; when the baker found out that his wife was cheating on him, he reported the fact to the Ecclesiastic Court and the affair ended. The carpenter took his revenge by building this bull in order to remind the baker his wife betrayed him.

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