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The Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta or Duomo di San Gimignano is a Roman Catholic collegiate church and minor basilica [1] in San Gimignano, in Tuscany in central Italy. It contains important cycles of Renaissance frescoes by artists including Domenico Ghirlandaio , Benozzo Gozzoli , Taddeo di Bartolo , Lippo Memmi and Bartolo di Fredi .
Detail of the facade of the cathedral. Pisa Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Pisa), officially the Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Cattedrale Metropolitana Primaziale di Santa Maria Assunta), is a medieval Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy, the oldest of the three structures in the plaza followed ...
The Duomo is a symbol of the Italian Renaissance because inside is the tomb of Pope Gregory VII who rejected imperial domination of the church. The Duomo was damaged in World War II when, as part of the Operation Avalanche , the Allies landed in Salerno in September 1943.
Piazza dei Miracoli. The Piazza dei Miracoli (Italian: [ˈpjattsa dei miˈraːkoli]; 'Square of Miracles'), formally known as Piazza del Duomo ('Cathedral Square'), is a walled 8.87-hectare (21.9-acre) compound in central Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as an important center of European medieval art and one of the finest architectural complexes in the world. [1]
The Duomo viewed from the heights of Piazzale Michelangelo Santa Maria del Fiore was built on the site of Florence's second cathedral dedicated to Saint Reparata ; [ 3 ] the first was the Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze , the first building of which was consecrated as a church in 393 by St. Ambrose of Milan . [ 4 ]
The Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano ("Venerable Factory of the Duomo of Milan") is a 600-year-old organization that was established to supervise the construction of the Cathedral of Milan (the "Duomo"). The organization is still active and involved with the maintenance, preservation, and restoration of the cathedral.
South wall - Crypt - Duomo - Siena 2016 Located under the Duomo near the baptistry, and rediscovered in 1999 during an excavation, is the cathedral's crypt. [ 19 ] Although scholars prior to 1999 believed there was a crypt, as recorded in medieval sources, they did know know to what extent this room was preserved. [ 1 ]
Duomo di Milano, front façade, Milan, Italy Plate celebrating the laying of the first stone in 1386. Milan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano [ˈdwɔːmo di miˈlaːno]; Lombard: Domm de Milan [ˈdɔm de miˈlãː]), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (Italian: Basilica cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Nascente), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy ...