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2 days ago · This is a list of cathedrals in Italy, including also Vatican City and San Marino. This is intended to be a complete list of extant cathedrals – i.e., churches that are the seats of bishops – and co-cathedrals .
4 days ago · Naples, Italy, Sep 18, 2021 / 10:38 am. On Sept. 19, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Januarius, bishop, martyr, and patron saint of Naples, Italy. Traditionally, on this day and on two other occasions a year, his blood, which is kept in a glass ampoule in the shape of a rounded cruet, liquifies.
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4 days ago · Tour the Catacombs of San Gennaro. The Catacombs of San Gennaro are one of Naples’ most fascinating and historically rich sites. These ancient underground burial chambers offer a unique (and somewhat eerie) glimpse into Naples’ early Christian history. The Catacombs date back to the 2nd century AD and are named after Saint Januarius (San ...
3 days ago · The Arch of Constantine in Rome. Italy is known for its considerable architectural achievements, such as the construction of arches, domes and similar structures during ancient Rome, the founding of the Renaissance architectural movement in the late-14th to 16th centuries, and being the homeland of Palladianism, a style of construction which inspired movements such as that of Neoclassical ...
1 day ago · Campania [a] is an administrative region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the island of Capri. The capital of the Campania region is Naples. [6] As of 2018, the region had a population of around 5,820,000 ...
May 14, 2024 · Rome Newsroom, Sep 19, 2023 / 06:10 am (CNA). The blood of the martyr St. Januarius again liquefied in Naples on Tuesday. “We have just taken from the safe the reliquary with the blood of our patron saint, which immediately completely liquefied,” the abbot of the chapel of the treasury of the Naples Cathedral announced on Sept. 19.
5 days ago · Visit Naples Cathedral. Naples is home to more than 450 churches but the most important is Naples Cathedral. The cathedral is dedicated to San Gennaro, the patron saint of the city, and is variously known as the Duomo di Napoli, Duomo di San Gennaro and the Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral.
