Como Cathedral
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Como Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta or simply Duomo di Como; Lombard: Dòmm de Còmm[1]) is the Catholic cathedral of the city of Como, Lombardy, Italy, and the seat of the Bishop of Como. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
History
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The cathedral is commonly described[by whom?] as the last Gothic cathedral built in Italy:[citation needed] construction on it, on the site of the earlier Romanesque cathedral dedicated to Santa Maria Maggiore, began in 1396, 10 years after the foundation of Milan Cathedral.[citation needed] The construction works, started under the supervision of Lorenzo degli Spazzi di Laino, did not finish until 1770 with the completion of the Rococo cupola by Filippo Juvarra.[2] The imposing west front was built between 1457 and 1498 and features a rose window and a portal between two statues of Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger, natives of Como.
Description
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It is 87 metres long, from 36 to 56 metres wide, and 75 metres high into the top of the cupola. It has a Latin cross floor plan with a central nave and two side aisles, separated by pillars, and a Renaissance transept, with an imposing cupola over the crossing. The apses and the choir are of the 16th century. The interior has a series of nine important tapestries, woven at the end of the 16th century, in Ferrara, Florence and Brussels. There are also a number of 16th-century paintings by Bernardino Luini and Gaudenzio Ferrari.
References
[edit]- ↑ Bassi, Carlo (2019). Vocabolario del dialètt de Còmm [Vocabulary of the dialect of Como] (2nd ed.). Como: Famiglia Comasca (published 2021). p. 107. ISBN 8897180671.
- ↑ Como Cernobbio e Brunate, p. 16
Sources
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- Como Cernobbio e Brunate. Como: Editrice Lariologo. ISBN 88-87284-21-0.
External links
[edit]- Basilica Cattedrale Como Official Website (in English)
- Duomo di Como (in Italian)
- Sito del comune di Como (in Italian)
- Panorama of Como Cathedral
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