Cathedral of Pavia
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Contact Cathedral of Pavia
| Address : | Piazza del Duomo, 27100 Pavia PV, Italy |
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| Phone : | 📞 +98 | ||||||||||||||
| Website : | http://www.parrocchiadelduomopavia.it/ | ||||||||||||||
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| City : | Pavia | ||||||||||||||
| Description : | Cathedral from the 1400s with a huge dome & a reliquary said to contain a thorn from Christ’s crown. |
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Tihomir Lovric on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Regarding history it is remarkable place. You just have to see it.
And it is in the center of Pavia so you can always see people around.
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Florian Van Impe on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The cathedral was begun in 1488, under architect Cristoforo Rocchi, who was soon replaced by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo and Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono. The original project, with a nave and two aisles flanked by semicircular niches and a large central dome, was influenced by Bramante, some details of it later appearing in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Leonardo da Vinci is also known to have contributed to the project.
In 1521, the altar area was completed by Gianpietrino Rizzi, a pupil of Da Vinci. By the 17th century, the presbytery had been completed but only in the following century was the tambour built, while the dome itself and the facade had to wait for the 19th century. The dome was designed by Carlo Maciachini and completed in 1885, but partially collapsed the same year. In 1930, construction continued with the two arms of the transept, for which the original plan was followed, although using reinforced concrete (in order to save the remains of the medieval Santa Maria del Popolo). The arms are still missing part of the internal marble decoration.
The church is on the Greek Cross plan: it therefore has the same length and width at the transept. At about 84 m (276 ft), it is one of the largest edifices with a central plan in northern Italy.[citation needed] The central dome, with an octagonal plan, is 97 m (318 ft) tall, with a total weight of some 20,000 tons. It is the fourth in Italy in size, after St. Peter's Basilica, the Pantheon and the Cathedral of Florence.
!Be aware of the lunch break during which the cathedral is closed!
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Disha Jangir on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lovely place to visit and historical place with wonderful architecture, it need more maintanence and cleanliness.
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Lorenzo Lo Verso on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It's a must if you visit Pavia. ?
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Vissarion Mema on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Because it was the first cathedral that I ever visited, I was stunned by the sheer size of this one. There were plenty of quite famous art pieces on the walls which I liked a lot.
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Lujain J on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A must see in Pavia!
Its in the center of pavia, a stunningly beautiful historical place.
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Simon Rood on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nice looking Cathedral. Only walked around the outside. Very unusual construction and many different shapes.
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Dario Zampini on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A must to visit! Take a 360 walk to admire the architecture from different angles.
Inside it is incredible!
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