Reggio Emilia Cathedral

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The Cathedral of Reggio Emilia (Italian Duomo) is one of the three main religious buildings in Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy).

Built originally in Romanesque style, it was largely modified in the following centuries. The façade had originally 13th centuries frescoes, now houses in the Diocese's museum.

The current façade is unfinished, with a 16th-century covering in the lower level, with pilasters surrounding niches with the statues of the four patron saints of the city. The main portal has two statues in a style influenced by Michelangelo, portraying Adam and Eve.

In February 2009 it was announced that a Roman mosaic floor filled with scenes depicting pagan rites and oriental gods was discovered underneath the Cathedral. The mosaic pavement, which measures 13 square meters and dates to the 4th century AD, was unearthed at a depth of about 4 meters below the ground during archaeological investigations in the crypt of the Cathedral. The size and design of the mosaic pavement suggest that it formed the floor of a huge room.^[1]

The chapels^[2]

• Brami Chapel has an altarpiece by Jacopo Palma il Giovane
• Toschi Chapel was designed by Girolamo Rainaldi and decorated by Giuseppe Cesari, known as Il Cavalier d'Arpino and by Cristoforo Roncalli known as il Pomarancio
• Rangone Chapel has a funeral monument to Bishop Ugo Rangone carved by Prospero Spani (Il Clemente).
• Main altarpiece is an Assumption by Federico Zuccari
• Chapel of the Holy Sacrament has traces of frescoes from the 1500s by a pupil of Correggio, Giovanni Giarola.
• Fiordibelli Chapel has paintings by Giovan Francesco Barbieri known as Guercino

There are also works by Carlo Bononi, Francesco Vellani, Sebastiano Vercellesi, and Orazio Talami. The cupola frescoes are by Francesco Fontanesi (1779).

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Coordinates: 44°41′51″N 10°37′51″E / 44.69750°N 10.63083°E / 44.69750; 10.63083