Atri Cathedral

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is Romanesque-style Roman Catholic temple in the town of Atri, Province of Teramo, region of Abruzzo, Italy

The church was consecrated in 1223 atop an earlier church. Further reconstructions occurred during following two centuries. The sober Istrian white stone façade has a large portal made by Maestro Rainaldo in Gothic style, and a large rose window with a niche with a figure of the Virgin and child. The right of the façade has three portals: the leftmost from 1305 was the one completed by Rainaldo; the center portal (1288) with lion sculptures and symbols of the Angevin dynasty by Raimondo di Poggio; and the leftmost is also Raimondo di Poggio (1302). The Church envelops on its left, a 56-metre (184 ft) high campanile, or bell tower, completed by Antonio da Lodi in the 15th century. The tower is surmounted with a pyramidal roof.

The Cathedral choir houses a fresco cycle by the 15th century Abruzzi painter Andrea de Litio (or Delitio). The church houses a large organ. The Diocesian museum is also located adjacent to the cathedral. The crypt of the cathedral of the modern town was originally a large Roman cistern; another forms the foundation of the ducal palace; and in the eastern portion of the town there is a complicated system of underground passages for collecting and storing water. The adjacent cloister has two stories.^[1]

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Coordinates: 42°34′49″N 13°58′43″E / 42.580276°N 13.978737°E / 42.580276; 13.978737