Treviso Cathedral () is a

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Treviso Treviso ( ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 87.322 inhabitants (as of December 2024). Some 3,000 live within the Venetian wall ...

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, northern

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, dedicated to

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. It is the seat of the

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History

The church originates from the 6th century and stands in an area where during the

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period there were a temple, a theatre and possibly some baths. In the 11th-12th centuries the church was remodelled in Romanesque style. In 1768 it was demolished and rebuilt in

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, only the

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remaining from the previous edifice. The current façade dates from 1836. Treviso Cathedral was involved in the

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bombing of 7 April 1944, having part of its library damaged by fire.

Description

Sights in the interior include the Malchiostro Chapel, designed by Tullio and

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, which was frescoed by

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and which houses the '' Malchiostro Annunciation'' by

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and two canvasses by

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. The large fresco of ''Immaculate Conception'' in the apse is by Antonio Beni. The church has an unfinished bell tower, whose construction, according to the tradition, was stopped by the Venetian government to prevent it from becoming taller than the campanile of

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. The crypt houses the tombs of the city's bishops. The Diocesan Museum is home to a fresco by Tommaso da Modena. (Treviso) Duomo - Bell tower.jpg, Il campanile from ''Piazza Duomo'' (Treviso) Duomo - top of the campanile with the bells.jpg, Top of the campanile with the bells from ''Calmaggiore''

External links

Treviso Cathedral Chapter Library
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