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The interior has a Latin cross plan, with a nave and two aisles divided by pilasters. The presbytery and the transept are elevated, to allow space for the underlying crypt. Particularly noteworthy are the capitals; many of them are characterized by rich decorations with leaves, mythological figures,
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floors and three portals, whose doors were sculpted by Luchino Bianchino in 1494. The portal also has two carvings by Luchino Bianchino. The two great marble lions supporting the archivolt columns were carved in 1281 by Giambono da Bissone. Between the central and the right doors is the tomb of the
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and Girolamo Clementi on the design of Mazzola Bèdoli. The Rusconi chapel located at the right of the crypt contains elegant frescoes commissioned by Bishop Giovanni Rusconi in 1398. The Ravacaldi chapel has frescoes attributed to the studio of Bertolino de’Grassi.
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in 1106. The new church was heavily damaged by an earthquake in 1117 and had to be restored. Of the original building, remains can be seen in the presbytery, the transept, the choir and the apses, and some sculpture fragments.
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The Gothic belfry, topped by a gilt copper angel, was added later, in 1284-1294: a twin construction on the left side had been conceived, but it was never begun. Beside the Cathedral lies the octagonal
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A basilica existed probably in the 6th century, but was later abandoned; another church had been consecrated in the rear part of the preceding one in the 9th century by count-bishop Guibodo.
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The crypt fragments of ancient mosaics which show the presence here of a cult temple from at least the 3rd or 4th century AD. The Crypt has a monument to Saint
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is located on the left; its 15th-century frescoes are attributed to the studio of Bertolino de'Grossi. The frescoes in the
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on the right, presumably by the same hands, were painted after the plague of 1410–11, and dedicated to
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The side chapels were built to house the sepulchres of the noble families of Parma: two of them, the
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A 16th century red Verona marble staircase leads up to the transepts. In the right transept is the
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Serie cronologica dei vescovi di Parma con alcuni cenni sui principali avvenimenti civili
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broke ground for a new cathedral in a different place; the building was consecrated by
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The wide façade, made from blocks of sandstone, was completed in 1178: it has three
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cathedral: the dome, in particular, is decorated by a highly influential
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1106–1133, patron of the diocese. The monument, executed in 1544 by
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After a fire destroyed the early Christian basilica in August 1058,
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The cycle of frescoes in the nave and apse walls are by
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scenes of war, as well as Biblical and Gospel scenes.
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History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes
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Benedetto Antelami – Die Werke in Parma und Fidenza
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Illusionistic
Antonio da Correggio
Italian
Roman Catholic
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Parma
Emilia-Romagna
Italy
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Diocese of Parma
Romanesque
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Antonio da Correggio
Bishop Cadalo
Paschal II

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