Carpi Cathedral

Carpi Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Carpi; Basilica cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Carpi. It stands on the site of a mediaeval pieve dedicated to Mary; construction on the present building began in 1514, predating the establishment of the diocese here in 1779 by over 250 years.

West front of the cathedral

It was granted the status of a minor basilica in 1979, on the occasion of the bicentenary of the establishment of the diocese.[1]

References
  1. GCatholic.org: Basilicas in Italy

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