Italian churches consecrated to

Santa Maria Assunta Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight ...

(The Assumption of Mary) include: * Santa Maria Assunta, Acerra cathedral * Santa Maria Assunta, Acqui Terme Cathedral * Santa Maria Assunta, Altamura, Province of Bari, Puglia * Santa Maria Assunta, Cremona cathedral * Santa Maria Assunta, Esine, in

Val Camonica Val Camonica (also ''Valcamonica'' or Camonica Valley, Eastern Lombard: ''Al Camònega'') is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, Italy. It extends about from the Tonale Pass to Corna Trentapassi, in the ...

* Santa Maria Assunta, Gaeta cathedral * Santa Maria Assunta, Guardialfiera. Province of Campobasso, Molise * Maria Santissima Assunta, Gravina di Puglia co-cathedral, Province of Bari * Santa Maria Assunta di La Verna La Verna basilica-sanctuary of in the Tuscan Apennines *

Naples Cathedral The Naples Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Napoli; nap, Viscuvato 'e Napule), or Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary ( it, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, links=no), is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main church of Naples, southern Italy, and the s ...

Orvieto Cathedral Orvieto Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Orvieto; Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a large 14th-century Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and situated in the town of Orvieto in Umbria, central Italy. Since 1986 ...

Ostuni Cathedral Ostuni Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Ostuni; Basilica concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Ostuni, province of Brindisi, region of Apulia, Italy. The dedication is to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Formerly the epi ...

Piacenza Cathedral Piacenza Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Piacenza), fully the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta e Santa Giustina, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Piacenza, Italy. The current structure was built between 1122 and 1233 and is one of the most valuable examp ...

(Santa Giustina e Santa Maria Assunta) * Santa Maria Assunta, Pisa cathedral, Tuscany * Santa Maria Assunta, Randazzo basilica church, Sicily * Santa Maria Assunta, Siena cathedral, Tuscany * Santa Maria Assunta, Spoleto cathedral * Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello basilica church, island near Venice, Veneto *

Santa Maria dei Carmini Santa Maria dei Carmini, also called Santa Maria del Carmelo and commonly known simply as the Carmini, is a large Roman Catholic church in the sestiere, or neighbourhood, of Dorsoduro in Venice, northern Italy. It nestles against the former ''Sc ...

, formerly known as Santa Maria Assunta, Venice, Veneto {{SIA

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