Padua Cathedral
The Cathedral of Padua ( Basilica cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta - " Cathedral - Basilica of the Assumption ") in Padua is the episcopal church of the Roman Catholic diocese of Padua .
history
The diocese of Padua is derived from early Christian beginnings. Tradition names the apostle student Prosdocimus († around 100) as the founder and first bishop. Remains of an old church cathedral and early medieval follow-up buildings are said to be under today's cathedral forecourt.
In 1075, Bishop Uldericus consecrated a new, representative cathedral, which was destroyed in the earthquake of 1117 and replaced by a Romanesque cathedral by 1180 . Their location and floor plan, including the unusual west orientation , already corresponded to the current building.
The Romanesque baptistery at the northeast corner of the cathedral was completed in 1281, the painting by Giusto de 'Menabuoi in 1378.
The construction of today's cathedral began in 1522 with the laying of the foundation stone for a new choir based on the model of St. Peter in Rome . The first blueprint came from Jacopo Sansovino . After a competition in 1551, the cathedral chapter decided on a design by Michelangelo , which was implemented by 1582 with a few changes.
From 1635 the other parts of the old cathedral - right and left transept arm and nave - were gradually demolished and replaced in the style of the time. In 1754 the work was stopped, although the plans of Girolamo Frigimelica († 1732), who last had the construction management, were not fully executed; in particular the facade remained unfinished.
architecture
The cathedral in the forms of the Renaissance and Baroque is a three-aisled basilica on the plan of a Latin cross . The choir and the transept arms close with round apses . A lantern-crowned dome with a slender, round drum stands above the crossing . A lower octagon rises above the third nave yoke, flanked by two central nave-high chapels, so that what appears to be a second, smaller crossing.
The barrel-vaulted interior, flooded with light through clear glass windows, is lightly plastered and sparingly structured with arches, pillars, capitals and dark beams.
Furnishing
In the first chapel on the left, the Chapel of the Madonna of the Blind , there is a Virgin and Child by Stefano dall'Arzere . For the second altar, Pietro Damini created a picture of St. Jerome and the founder Girolamo Selvatico, for the third chapel a depiction of Christ crucified with St. Mary Magdalene and Catherine .
At the side portal is the cenotaph Francesco Petrarcas by Rinaldo Rinaldi (Petrarca, who was canon of the cathedral, was buried in Arquà Petrarca ). In the sacristy of the Canons , the most important of the numerous works of art are a Madonna by Giusto de 'Menabuoi and two paintings by Giandomenico Tiepolo (Saint Philip Neri and Saint Jerome Ämiliani ) and a Descent from the Cross by Jacopo da Montagnana .
In the cathedral is u. a. the artistically valuable tomb of the former local bishop and later papal legate or nuncio in Germany, Cardinal Pietro Pileo di Prata († 1401).
The choir room was redesigned in 1997. a. with statues by the contemporary Tuscan sculptor Giuliano Vangi .
The crypt contains an altar with reliefs by Tiziano Aspetti and an old icon of Mary in the Giotto style .
organ
The large organ was built in 1958 by the organ builder Tamburini. At the beginning of the 21st century the instrument was reorganized by the organ building company Zanin, whereby individual organ works were removed from the historical organ case and placed in new cases in the church. Today the instrument has 72 sounding stops on four manual works and a pedal. It can be played from a four-manual game table. The actions are electric.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Information about the organ ( Memento from October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- History and building description (padovanet.it, Italian)
Coordinates: 45 ° 24 '23.5 " N , 11 ° 52' 16.8" E