Naples Cathedral
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cathedral in Naples
Key facts
- Affiliation
- Catholic Church
- Province
- Archdiocese of Naples
- Region
- Duomo
- Rite
- Roman Rite
- Ecclesiastical or organizational status
- Cathedral
- Year consecrated
- 13th century
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Naples, Italy
- Type
- Church
- Style
- Gothic , Renaissance , Baroque , Neo-Gothic
- Groundbreaking
- 13th century
- Completed
- 19th century
- Height max
- 48 m
- Dome height inner
- 40 m
- Spire height
- 48 m
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- church building
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- Catholicism
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Naples
- Founded by
- Charles II of Naples
- Dedicated to
- Assumption of Mary
- Official website
- www.duomodinapoli.it
- Image
- Napoli - Chiesa S. Maria Assunta al Duomo - 2023-09-01 08-03-19 001.jpg
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- Commons Institution page
- Duomo, Naples
- architectural style
- Gothic architecture
- described at URL
- dati.beniculturali.it/iccd/schede/resource/CulturalInstituteOrSite/S010952_Duomo_di_San_Gennaro
- inception
- 1272-00-00
- Christian liturgical rite
- Roman Rite
- name
- Piscopio (or Episcopate of the Greek rite)
- Commons category
- Cathedral (Naples)
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Naples Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Napoli; Neapolitan: Viscuvato 'e Napule), or the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta), is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main church of Naples, southern Italy, and the seat of the Archbishop of Naples. It is widely known as the Cathedral of Saint Januarius (Cattedrale di San Gennaro), in honour of the city's patron saint.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Naples Cathedral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.