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Caltanissetta Cathedral () is the
Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Caltanissetta
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Caltanissetta Cathedral () is the cathedral
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of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Caltanissetta. It is located in Caltanissetta
Caltanissetta (Sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Cartanissètta)'' is an Italian comune with a population of 58,012 inhabitants, serving as the capital of the Province of Caltanissetta, free municipal consortium of Caltanissetta in Sicily.
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, Sicily
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, Italy.
Its construction began in 1570 and ended in 1622.Calogero Scarlata, Salvatore Farina. ''S. Maria la Nova: la cattedrale di Caltanissetta''. Edizioni Lussografica, 1997 Between 1718 and 1720 the Flemish painter Guglielmo Borremans
Guglielmo Borremans or Guglielmo Fiamingo (1670–1744) was a Flemish painter whose documented career took principally place in Italy, in particular Naples, Cosenza and Sicily. Here he was one of the pre-eminent late-Baroque fresco painters of th ...
, together with his son Luigi, frescoed the vault and the nave, and painted the greater altarpiece, depicting the Immaculate Conception
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.
See also
*Catholic Church in Italy
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Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Caltanissetta
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1622 Roman Catholic cathedrals in Italy Cathedrals in Sicily 1622 establishments in Italy 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy {{Italy-RC-cathedral-stub