Cervia Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Cervia; Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a
Roman Catholic
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cathedral
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in the town of
Cervia
Cervia ( rgn, Zirvia) is a seaside resort town in the province of Ravenna, located in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna.
Cervia is a major seaside resort in Emilia-Romagna, North Italy. Its population was 28,700 at the 2018 census.
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, in the
province of Ravenna
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Diocese of Cervia
The diocese of Cervia was a Roman Catholic diocese in Emilia-Romagna.
In 1947 it merged with the archdiocese of Ravenna to form the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.Historical SummaryArchdiocese of Ravenna-Cerviacatholic-hierarchy.org/ref>
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and since 1986 has been a co-cathedral of the
Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia
The Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia ( la, Archidioecesis Ravennatensis-Cerviensis) is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.Baroque structure, which in 1702 was consecrated and dedicated to the
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
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(''Santa Maria Assunta''). The façade remains incomplete without its marble sheathing. The architect was
Francesco Fontana
Francesco Fontana (, Naples – July 1656, Naples) was an Italian lawyer and an astronomer.
Biography
Francesco Fontana studied law at the University of Naples and then he became a lawyer in the court at the Castel Capuano. But failing to al ...
, son of the famed Roman architect
Carlo Fontana
Carlo Fontana (1634 or 1638–1714) was an Italian architect originating from today's Canton Ticino, who was in part responsible for the classicizing direction taken by Late Baroque Roman architecture.
Biography
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The church is adjacent to the Bishop's palace (1702) and in 1750 was connected to the bell-tower. The layout is that of a Latin cross with six chapels. Among the altarpieces is a ''Madonna and Child'', described as the ''Madonna della Neve'', attributed to
Barbara Longhi
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, a work originally from the former chiesa della Madonna della Neve, of Cervia Vecchia. There is also a ''St Joseph and Child Jesus'' by a follower of
Guercino
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as Guercino, or il Guercino , was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The ...
. The main altar in polychrome marble is derived from the deconsecrated church of San Domenico in
Forlì
Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna.
The city is situated along the Via Em ...
, has an altarpiece depicting the ''Madonna of the Assumption between Saints Nicola and Bartholomew'', by Giovanni Barbiani.Comune of Cervia tourism office.
See also
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Catholic Church in Italy
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