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L'Aquila Cathedral ( it, Duomo dell'Aquila; Cattedrale metropolitana dei Santi Massimo e Giorgio) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in
L'Aquila L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...
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Abruzzo Abruzzo (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese Neapolitan, Abbrùzze , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; nap, label=Sabino dialect, Aquilano, Abbrùzzu; #History, historically Abruzzi) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy wi ...
, Italy, dedicated to Saint Maximus of Aveia and Saint George. It is the episcopal seat of the
Archdiocese of L'Aquila The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of L'Aquila ( la, Archidioecesis Aquilanus) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy.earthquake of 1703. It was restored in the 19th century and further restored in the 20th.''Abruzzo'', Touring Club Italiano 2015, p.93 It was seriously damaged in the earthquake of 2009, and is presently unusable (2015). From August 2013 the functions of the cathedral were temporarily transferred to the Basilica of
Santa Maria di Collemaggio Santa Maria di Collemaggio is a large medieval church in L'Aquila, central Italy. It was the site of the original Papal Jubilee, a penitential observation devised by Pope Celestine V, who is buried there. The church, which therefore ranks as a ba ...
, itself also damaged in the earthquake and now closed to worship for rebuilding works; and later transferred again to the
Basilica of San Giuseppe Artigiano In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name t ...
, not far from the cathedral, rebuilt and reopened after the earthquake of July 2012. As at April 2015 work on the cathedral had not yet started; it seems that they may begin in September 2015.


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*''Abruzzo''. Guide Verdi. Touring Club Italiano, 2015. Buildings and structures in L'Aquila
L'Aquila L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...
L'Aquila L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...
Neoclassical architecture in Abruzzo Neoclassical church buildings in Italy {{Italy-RC-cathedral-stub