General Information
| Name in local language: | Duomo di Messina; Basilica cattedrale protometropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta |
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| Other name(s): | Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption |
| Completion: | 1947 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Cathedral |
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| Material: |
Masonry structure |
| Architectural style: |
Romanesque Norman Baroque |
Location
| Location: |
Messina, Messina, Sicily, Italy |
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| Address: | Piazza Duomo |
| Coordinates: | 38° 11' 31.56" N 15° 33' 18" E |
Technical Information
Materials
| roof |
timber
|
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| walls |
masonry
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Messina Cathedral (Italian:Duomo di Messina; Basilica Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Messina, Sicily. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Messina, it became in 1986 the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.
In June 1947 Pope Pius XII granted it the status of a minor basilica.
The current building is the final result of some twentieth-century reconstructions, which took place following the disastrous earthquake that struck Messina in 1908 and the heavy damages that happened during World War II. The clock tower has the largest astronomical clock in the world.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Messina Cathedral" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20029630 - Published on:
01/08/2007 - Last updated on:
04/09/2024
