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Pontremoli Cathedral

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Santa Maria Assunta, the Duomo of Pontremoli is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Pontremoli, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church is also called Santa Maria del Popolo.

Facade of Cathedral

As an ex voto of gratitude to the Virgin for the waning of the plague of 1622 present church was erected between 1636 and 1687 using designs by the architect Alessandro Capra. The Neo-Renaissance style facade was erected in 1926 by the architect Vincenzo Micheli.

The interior was frescoed by Francesco Natali with later artists adding stucco decoration. The church has a 13th-century icon of the Madonna del Popolo.

Among the paintings in the church are the following:

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