Cremona Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary ( Italian: Duomo di Cremona ) - Roman Catholic Cathedral in the north Italian city of Cremona ( Lombardy ); its high bell tower - Torrazzo - is a symbol of the city. The facade of the cathedral, together with the nearby baptistery , is one of the most important monuments of Romanesque art in Europe .
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| ital. Duomo di cremona ital. Cattedrale di santa maria assunta | |
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| Construction | 1107 - 1196 years |
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Content
- 1 History and description
- 2 See also
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
History and Description
The construction of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was started in Cremona in 1107 - the building was designed in the Romanesque style, after which it expanded several times, including elements of Gothic , Renaissance and Baroque . Even at the construction stage, the building received damage as a result of the earthquake of 1117, which also slowed down construction work. The main altar of the temple was consecrated in 1196.
The current facade was probably built in the XIII or early XIV century. In the same period, a transept was added: the northern ledge was built by 1288, and the southern by 1348. Researchers believed that the main facade of the cathedral, together with the nearby baptistery, is one of the most important monuments of Romanesque art in Europe. The temple portal was probably created at the beginning of the XII century: it is decorated with figures of four key prophets of Christianity, each of which carries a scroll with the text of its prophecy. A narthex was added in the next century. On the facade there are also two tombs, the later of which was added in the middle of the XIV century and was made according to the design of Bonino da Campione .
The oldest works in the interior of the Cathedral of Cremona [1] are murals depicting Abraham , Isaac , Jacob, and Joseph in the southern and northern parts of the transept: they date back to the late 14th and early 15th centuries. Other murals were added in the mid-sixteenth century by mannerist artists, including Bernardino Gatti and Bernardino Campi. In the 17th century, Luigi Miradori (Il Genovesino) added his fresco, The Life of Saint Roch .
See also
- Baptistery in Cremona
- Museum Alla Ponzone
Notes
- ↑ N. M. Gershenzon-Chegodaeva. Classical art of the West: a collection of articles . - Science, 1973.- S. 85, 89 .-- 374 p.
Literature
- Cristiano Zanetti, La Cattedrale di Cremona: storia, evoluzione e simbologia di un edificio romanico, Cremona 2008.
- Pittura a Cremona dal Romanico al Settecento, a cura di Mina Gregori, Cariplo - Cassa di Risparmio delle Province Lombarde, Milano, 1990.
- Pietro Bonometti: Cremona, una città segreta. edizioni Italcards, Bologna 1988, p. 6.
- P. Ghidotti: Il Torrazzo di Cremona. Archeologia e Storia di un monumento medievale. Cremona 2000.
Links
- Cattedrale di Cremona (Italian) . turismo.comune.cremona.it . Cremona. Date of treatment November 16, 2011.