Pontremoli Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Pontremoli; Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, also ''Santa Maria del Popolo'') is a

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Pontremoli Pontremoli (; local egl, Pontrémal; la, Apua) is a small city, ''comune'' former Latin Catholic bishopric in the province of Massa and Carrara, Tuscany region, central Italy. Literally translated, Pontremoli means "Trembling Bridge" (from ''pon ...

, region of

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, Italy. From 1787 to 1988 it was the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Pontremoli; since 1988 it has been a co-cathedral in the Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli.

History

As an ex-voto of gratitude to the Virgin for the waning of the plague of 1622, the present church was erected between 1636 and 1687 using designs by the architect

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. The Neo-

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style facade was erected in 1926 by the architect Vincenzo Micheli. The interior was frescoed by Francesco Natali with later artists adding stucco decoration. The church has a 13th-century icon of the ''Madonna del Popolo''.I Luoghi della Fede
site of churches in Tuscany by Region of Tuscany. Among the paintings in the church are the following: *''Birth of the Virgin'' by

Giandomenico Ferretti Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (''Giandomenico''), also called Giandomenico d'ImolaM. Farquhar (15 June 1692 – 18 August 1768) was an Italian Rococo style painter from Florence. According to the contemporary Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani, Ferre ...

*''Visitation'' by

Vincenzo Meucci Vincenzo Meucci (1694–1766) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period. Born in Florence. He was a pupil first of the painter Sebastiano Galeotti, then of Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole in Bologna. He was patronized by the Marchese Giova ...

*''Marriage of the Virgin'' by

Giuseppe Peroni Giuseppe Peroni (6 May 1700 – 22 September 1776) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. ''Extasis of Phillip Neri'' (1764), Santa Maria presso San Satiro, Milan Biography He was born and died in Parma, where he is said to have studied ...

*''Annunciation'' by Giuseppe Bottani

References

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