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period is the Chapel of Saint Tobias next to the cathedral, now in use as the cathedral museum. However, the old hospital of the same name which gave assistance to pilgrims no longer exists.
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The same Bishop Malatesta was responsible for the building of the Bishop's Palace adjoining the cathedral, which was completed by his successor Giovanni Venturelli (1475–1486).
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After the radical rebuilding of the 1960s the only surviving original part of the structure is what remains of the door on the eastern side. Also dating from the
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The façade of the cathedral was completed only at the end of the 15th century with works attributed to the
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The building of the cathedral, to replace an older one, was authorised by a
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in 1378. The works started in 1385 and were paid for by the generosity of
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The painting of the Madonna del Popolo that was personally crowned by
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Ancient drawing of the destroyed church of San Severo in a photo by
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dating from 1750, and the painting was personally crowned by the
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Inside the cathedral a small painting on a copper plate by the
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since 1986, and was previously that of the Diocese of Cesena.
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style, is attributed to the architect Undervaldo (probably
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14th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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on 3 June 1782, the first occasion in papal history.
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Affiliation
Roman Catholic
Geographic coordinates
44°08′14.87″N 12°14′43.09″E / 44.1374639°N 12.2453028°E / 44.1374639; 12.2453028
Architect(s)
Style
Italian
Roman Catholic
cathedral
Saint John the Baptist
Cesena
Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina
papal bull
Pope Urban VI
Andrea Malatesta
Romanesque
Gothic
Swiss
campanile

Paolo Monti
Renaissance
Venetian
Mauro Coducci
Saint Maurus of Cesena
Lombard
Giovanni Battista Bregno da Osteno

Corrado Giaquinto

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