Bologna Cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Peter Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Pietro | ||
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Year consecrated 1184 | | |
Status | Active | |
Location | ||
Location | Bologna, Italy | |
Geographic coordinates | 44°29′45″N 11°20′36″E / 44.49583°N 11.34333°E | |
Architecture | ||
Type | Church | |
Style | Baroque | |
Groundbreaking | 910 | |
Completed | 18th century |
Bologna Cathedral (
History
There was already a cathedral on the site (on the present Via Indipendenza) in 1028, accompanied by a pre-
In 1396 a high portico (protiro) was added to the west front, which was rebuilt in 1467. From about 1477 the Ferrarese painters Francesco del Cossa and Ercole de' Roberti worked in the Garganelli Chapel on the creation of a cycle of frescoes which later had a significant influence on Niccolò dell'Arca and Michelangelo. The frescoes were lost in subsequent reconstruction except for a very few fragments.
In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII elevated the Bishop of Bologna to Archbishop, and accordingly the cathedral was elevated to the rank of "metropolitan church" (a bishop's seat with jurisdiction over other bishops and dioceses in its territory).
By order of Cardinal Gabriele Paleotti a radical remodelling of the interior of the building began in 1575, of which the crypt and the Greater Chapel (Capella Maggiore) survive. The alterations were so extensive however as to cause the vaults to collapse in 1599, and the decision was then made to rebuild the main part of the cathedral from scratch. Work on the new building started in 1605. A new façade was added between 1743 and 1747, to designs by the architect Alfonso Torreggiani, on the instructions of Pope Benedict XIV.
Description
The present interior is emphatically
Campanile
The early
The bell tower accommodates the bell known as "La Nonna", which at a weight of 3,300 kilograms (7,300 lb) is the largest bell that can be rung by the
Notes
- ^ Fonte: Guida di Bologna, Guido Ricci (5th edn.), p. 176
- ^ "Il campanile". APS Bologna storica e archeologica (in Italian). 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Sounday Times - Campane in salsa bolognese". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2010-08-08.