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. The dedication is to the

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. Formerly the archiepiscopal seat of the

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, it is now that of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova. The cathedral was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1908, and rebuilt in a modern eclectic style with Romanesque and

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elements. The initial design was by the engineer P. Carmelo Umberto Angiolini and then modified by the engineer Mariano Francesconi. The new church was consecrated in 1928.Reggio Calabria Tourism office

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