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and supposed to be the chalice used by Christ during the Last Supper; the Cassa Processionale del Corpus Domini ; and the Zaccaria Cross, a Byzantine reliquary that holds supposed relics of the True Cross. Dating back to the 9th and 13th centuries, it was originally part of the treasure of the
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was commissioned by the city magistrates to plan the reconstruction of the entire building; however, he executed only the covering of the nave and aisles, the pavement, the dome and the apse.
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from the early thirteenth century, while capitals and columns with interior corridors date from the early fourteenth century. The bell tower and dome were built in the sixteenth century.
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The Museum of the Treasury lies under the cathedral and holds a collection of jewellery and silverware from 9 AD up to the present. Among the most important pieces are the sacred bowl (
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in 1118 and was built between the twelfth century and the fourteenth century as fundamentally a medieval building, with some later additions. Secondary naves and side covers are of
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Various altars and chapels have been erected between the 14th and 15th centuries. The small loggia on the north-eastern tower of the façade was built in 1455; the opposite one, in
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The construction of the cathedral finished in the 17th century. The dome and the medieval parts were restored in 1894–1900. The present 7 bells are tuned in the major scale of C.
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Excavations under the pavement and in the area in front of today's west front have brought to light walls and pavements of Roman age as well as pre-Christian
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This bomb, launched by the British Navy, though breaking through the walls of this great cathedral, fell here unexploded on February 9, 1941
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QUESTA BOMBA LANCIATA DALLA FLOTTA INGLESE PUR SFONDANDO LE PARETI DI QUESTA INSIGNE CATTEDRALE QUI CADEVA INESPLOSA IL IX FEBBRAIO MCMXLI
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Efthalia Rentetzi, Gli affreschi bizantini nella cattedrale di Genova. Una nuova lettura iconografica in“Arte |Documento” (2012).
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added. The Romanesque structures remained pretty untouched, and frescoes of religious subject were also added.
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In perpetual gratitude, Genoa, the City of Mary, desired to engrave in stone, the memory of such grace
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The cathedral had a fortunate escape on February 9, 1941, when the city was being shelled as part of
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in 1118, and from 1133 had archiepiscopal rank. After the fire of 1296, provoked by fights between
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A RICONOSCENZA PERENNE GENOVA CITTĂ€ DI MARIA VOLLE INCISA IN PIETRA LA MEMORIA DI TANTA GRAZIA
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into the south-eastern corner of the nave. The relatively soft material failed to detonate the
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Among the artworks inside the church are ceiling frescoes in a chapel on the north by
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was built, which was in turn flanked and replaced by a new cathedral dedicated to
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Armour-piercing shell fired on 9 February 1941 in the nave of Genoa cathedral.
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The inscription, which gives thanks for the cathedral's escape reads:
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12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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style, is from 1522. In 1550 the Perugian architect
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Affiliation
Roman Catholic Church
Province
Archdiocese of Genoa
Year consecrated
Genoa
Italy
Geographic coordinates
44°24′26.92″N 8°55′53.83″E / 44.4074778°N 8.9316194°E / 44.4074778; 8.9316194
Style
Gothic



Lazzaro Tavarone

Italian
Roman Catholic
cathedral
Italian
Genoa
Saint Lawrence
Archbishop of Genoa
Pope Gelasius II
Romanesque
Gothic
sarcophagi
Twelve Apostles
Saint Lawrence

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