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An artist from this city painted detailed stonework in his fresco The Wedding of Alexander and Roxana, part of his series on Alexander the Great, and wrote poetry in honor of his vulgar nickname. Medallions depicting prophets and evangelists frame a scene set under a red and blue canopy in a fresco in this city, which was later home to Il Sodoma. A massive work from this city features scenes from the lives of the Virgin and of Christ on its rear side and a predella depicting the childhood of Christ on its front, underneath a gold-leaf-heavy Madonna and child enthroned with angels and saints. Simone Martini, a painter from this rival city of Florence, (10[1])painted a fresco in its Palazzo Pubblico that shares its name with a more famous work from this city. For 10 points, name this city home to the artist of a monumental Maesta, Duccio ■END■

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