COMO CATHEDRAL, Presentation

Hi, I am Rick, your personal guide, and together with MyWoWo I’d like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world: the Como Cathedral.

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, commonly referred to as Como Cathedral, was built over the course of almost four centuries, starting in 1396 with the first design, modified several times, and ending with the erection of the dome in 1740.

Here stood the Cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore, of which there are records dating to before the year 1000. At the turn of the 15th century, under the rule of the Visconti family of Milan, it was considered too small and was replaced by the present-day Cathedral.

Great architects such as Lorenzo degli Spazi, Florio da Bontà and Cristoforo Solari were involved in the realization of this work. In the end, it was the Sicilian Filippo Juvarra who was awarded the construction of the dome.

The end result is a beautiful church with a Latin cross plan. Three long naves intersect the transept with the two side chapels of the Assumption and the Crucifix, built between 1627 and 1665, and culminate in the luminous apse....