Castellaneta Cathedral, Castellaneta, Italy

Castellaneta Cathedral is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Castellaneta. The first cathedral on the site was initially dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Bari, and dated at the latest from the Norman occupation of the last decades of the 11th century. In the 14th century, it was replaced with a Romanesque structure with a basilica layout of a central nave and two aisles separated by columns, all three terminating in semicircular apses. The dedication was changed at this time to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

Three chapels were later added: the Chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament (Santissimo Sacramento) in 1538 and the Chapel of Mary the Consoler (Santa Maria Consolatrice) in 1643, both founded by confraternities; and the Chapel of the Most Holy Crucifix (Santissimo Crocifisso). There is also a chapel dedicated to Saint Nicholas, with Romanesque capitals. In 1771, a new white limestone façade was added. Today, the bell-tower retains some of the Romanesque-Gothic elements. In the 18th century, new polychrome altars were built. The Bishop's Palace is adjacent.

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Benedetto De Serio (8 months ago)
Recently renovated, it is nothing short of enchanting. It's worth stopping to admire what they were capable of. Beautiful

Cashman Huang (9 months ago)
Very magnificent ceiling painting! amazing painting on the ceiling!

Anna Jazlow (10 months ago)
We will never forget the experience with our new itatian friends.

Maria Rosaria Mazzaraco (11 months ago)
As soon as it was restored it returned to its former splendor. Suggestive as always

Rocco Digregorio (2 years ago)
Erected in 1220 and rebuilt in 1700, the church was initially dedicated to San Nicola and then later to the virgin Assunta. The cathedral has a beautiful Baroque facade on the outside and an equally enchanting carved wooden ceiling inside. Three eighteenth-century canvases by Carlo Porta (The Assumption, San Nicola con Diodato, The fall of the Angevins) and four from the early nineteenth century by Domenico Carella di Martina (Christ in the Upper Room, the wedding at Cana, the dancing David, Christ communicating St. Peter) further embellish the church.

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