basilica cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta

Very bare cathedral and sound system to be reviewed, there is no possibility of parking in the open space in front

Growing up here, from an early age, it has always been a second home for me ...

Very large church located in Piazza Duomo in Crotone in the historic center.

The cathedral of Crotone, dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta and San Dionigi l'Areopagita, dates back to the original layout of the 9th century. Rebuilt in the 16th century on the initiative of the then bishop Antonio Lucifero with the help of materials from the temple of Hera Lacinia, the structure underwent numerous restorations over time. The chapel of the Madonna di Capocolonna is truly wonderful, a nineteenth-century chapel in which the Byzantine icon of the Madonna di Capocolonna is kept which, according to tradition, is the work of San Luca. The chapel, on whose vault musician angels are depicted, is decorated with gilded stuccos, bronzes and precious paintings by Boschetto (16th century) and De Falco (17th century). In the central nave there is a terracotta crucifix and a marble pulpit designed by the architect Pietro Paolo Farinelli in 1898 A stone baptismal font with a zoomorphic base from the 13th century, a 17th century wooden choir, two wooden busts depicting San Gennaro and San Dionigi, both from the 17th century It is a pity that the Church has been restored several times, irreparably worsening its architectural and ancient value and face, the result of the ignorance, incompetence and arrogance of those who commissioned the works and also of those who carried them out. It is not explained how such a thing was possible, certainly with the complicity of those who had to watch and protect such a precious asset for the faithful but also and above all from a historical / architectural point of view. Simply SCANDAL.

Duomo and Basilicata Cathedral of Crotone, sober, but in the middle of a beautiful historic city center. Dedicated to S. Dionigi (patron saint of the city) Noteworthy is the Byzantine cross visible to the outside and the majolica covering (unfortunately not visible) of the chapel of the Madonna of Capocolonna (Protector of the city)

We would have liked to have visited, but it was closed during the day. It would normally only be open for an hour in the evening. In some places, the outer facade would have to be revised.