Sacred Places
7 places found
ChristianityAlbenga Cathedral
Albenga · Italy · church
The medieval cathedral of Albenga on Liguria's western coast, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel, its banded brick campanile rising over a nave first raised around 1100 on the foundations of a church from the turn of the fifth century.
ChristianityAltamura Cathedral
Altamura · Italy · church
A thirteenth-century 'palatine' cathedral in the Apulian hill town of Altamura, raised at the order of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, its twin Gothic bell towers and carved rose window rising over the old town's main square.
Christianitycathedral Basilica of St. Cyriacus
Ancona · Italy · church
The Roman Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo, rising on the Guasco hill above the city's harbour, where Romanesque stonework, Byzantine planning, and Gothic ornament meet in the church dedicated to Saint Cyriacus.
ChristianityFlorence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore)
Florence · Italy · cathedral
The cathedral of Florence, dedicated to Our Lady as St. Mary of the Flower, crowned by Brunelleschi's dome of 1436, still the largest masonry dome in the world.
ChristianityNaples Cathedral
Naples · Italy · church
The Roman Catholic cathedral of Naples in Campania, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and known across the city as the Cathedral of Saint Januarius, whose relics it holds and whose blood is said to liquefy three times each year.
ChristianityRagusa Cathedral
Ragusa · Italy · church
Crowning the upper town of Ragusa in southeastern Sicily, the cathedral of San Giovanni Battista has stood as the seat of the Diocese of Ragusa since 1950, its monumental Baroque facade rising over the piazza that bears the same saint's name.
ChristianitySt. Mark's Basilica
Venice · Italy · cathedral
The golden church of Venice, where more than 8,000 square metres of Byzantine mosaic rise over the tomb of St. Mark the Evangelist, brought from Alexandria in 828.