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The Duomo of San Giorgio (i.e. "Dome of St. George") is a
The Duomo of San Giorgio (i.e. "Dome of St. George") is a Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
church located in Ragusa Ibla
Ragusa (; scn, Rausa ; la, Ragusia) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Ragusa, on the island of Sicily, with 73,288 inhabitants in 2016. It is built on a wide limestone hill between two deep valley ...
, Sicily
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Its construction began in 1738 and ended in 1775.
The cathedral appears in the opening credits of the Italian TV series '' Inspector Montalbano'', and it also features in some episodes, as does the similarly named cathedral of Modica.
See also
*Catholic Church in Italy
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Roman Catholic churches in Ragusa Roman Catholic churches completed in 1775 Baroque architecture in Ragusa 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy {{Italy-RC-church-stub