Saint-Cyriaque cathedral of Ancône

The cathedral Saint-Cyriaque (in Italian Duomo di Ancona ) is a church of style romano - Byzantine of the 12th century located at Ancône, in the Marches (central Italy).

The Saint-Cyriaque cathedral was devoted in 1128, but was completed only in 1189. It bears the name of holy Cyriaque to pay homage to humanistic the Cyriaque d' Ancône ( Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli ) (v. 1391 - v. 1455), native of the city.

Certain authors put forward the idea that the initial church was in form of Latin Croix and that it would have an older origin, that they make go back to the 8th century. An early restoration intervened in 1234.

It is beautiful a Romance building out of gray stone, built in form of Greek Croix dominated by a dome. The frontage has a carries Gothic, allotted to Giorgio da Como, which has the characteristic to have two side arches.

The interior, which has a Crypte under each Transept preserved as a whole its initial character. It has ten columns allotted to the building of origin, a temple dedicated to Venus of

The cathedral was restored carefully during the Années 1980.

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Cyriaque d' Ancône

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Note on the '' prodigio LED quadro beyond Madonna ''

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