The Cathedral of Cortona

The Cathedral was built at the end of the fifteenth century on the same place where first rose an ancient Roman parish entitled to Saint Mary. The facade of the Cathedral still shows some traces of the original building.

On the right side of the building it is possible to admire a sixteenth-century porch and a portal made by Cristofanello.

The belfry was added to the Cathedral in the sixteenth century by the architect Francesco Laparelli (1521-1570).

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The interior has three aisles and rich of valuables frescos in the apse as Our Lady and Saints by Lodovico Cardi called the "Cigoli", Our Lady of the Waist by Poppi and the Holy Spirit's Descent painted by Papacello. The interiors were restored at the beginning of XVIII century.

In the left aisle it is placed a chapel whose inside it is possible to admire a fresco painted by Salvi Castellucci portraying Our Lady's Communion and a marble-made tabernacle built in 1491 by Ciuccio di Nuccio.

In the right aisle it is possible to admire a sixteenth-century wooden carved pulpit preceded by an eighteenth-century staircase.