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Bologna Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Pietro, Cattedrale di Bologna), dedicated to Saint Peter, is the cathedral of Bologna in Italy, and the seat and the metropolitan cathedral of the Archbishop of Bologna. Most of the present building dates from the 17th century, with a few parts from the late 16th century.
The Basilica of San Petronio is a minor basilica and church of the Archdiocese of Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. It dominates Piazza Maggiore. The basilica is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint Petronius, who was the Bishop of Bologna in the fifth century. Construction began in 1390 and its main facade ...
San Petronio vescovo di Bologna nella storia e nella leggenda (in Italian). Roma: Pustet. Lanzoni, Francesco (1927). Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604). Faenza: F. Lega, pp. 778–790. (in Italian) Lanzoni, Francesco (1832). ed. G. Cantagalli. Cronotassi dei vescovi di Bologna dai primordi alla fine del ...
Santo Stefano, Bologna Layout of the Basilica 1-3. Church of the Crucifix 2. Crypt 4. Church of the Holy Sepulchre 5. Church of Saints Vitale and Agricola 6. Pilate's courtyard 7. Church of the Trinity or the Martyrium, also called "Santa Croce", containing the ancient Nativity 8. Cloister 9-10-11-12. Chapel of the Bandage ("Cappella della ...
San Petronio Basilica: 7,920 [citation needed] 258,000 28,000 1390–1479 Bologna Italy: Catholic Cologne Cathedral: 7,914 [citation needed] 407,000 [40] 1248–1880 Cologne Germany: Catholic St Paul's Cathedral: 7,875 [41] 1677–1708 London United Kingdom: Anglican (Church of England) Washington National Cathedral: 7,712 [42] 1907–1990 ...
Among them was the young Michelangelo, who added the statuettes of San Petronio (the patron saint of Bologna), a candlestick-holding angel and San Procolo (closely recalling the statue of David, made ten years later). In 1532, a step was added between the sarcophagus and the altar slab by Alfonso Lombardi.
People stand in front of a screen in a public area to watch the reopening service ceremony of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, December 7, 2024. ... December 7, 2024. Notre-Dame ...
The public sculptural work was carved as one of the artist's large-scale projects through a commission for San Petronio, a basilica in Bologna, following her success from her early beginnings of carving peach-pits and plum-stones. [3] She gained the commission through her unnamed husband, who vouched for her to the wardens of the cathedral. [3]