Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta

Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta e Santa Giustina, Piazza Duomo, Piacenza

Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta e Santa Giustina
Piazza Duomo
Piacenza, May 2024

“Piacenza Cathedral (Duomo di Piacenza), fully the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta e Santa Giustina, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Piacenza, Italy. The current structure was built between 1122 and 1233 and is one of the most valuable examples of a Romanesque cathedral in northern Italy. The dedication is to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and to Saint Justina. It is the seat of the diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio. The cathedral has a total external length of 85 m, and a façade height of 32 m, dimensions which make it the largest Romanesque church in Emilia-Romagna. The façade, in Veronese pink marble and gilded stone, is horizontally divided by a gallery that dominates the three portals, decorated with capitals and Romanesque statues.” (Piacenza Cathedral, Wikipedia)

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