Nicastro Cathedral

Nicastro Cathedral is the Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Nicastro inside the province of Catanzaro, within the Calabria vicinity of southern Italy. A church at the web site dates probably to Byzantine technology, which become destroyed at some point of Saracen raids previous to the year. The Normans in 1094 erected a church following Latin rites. This cathedral changed into destroyed by way of an earthquake on March 7, 1683. A new cathedral changed into raised from the ruins of the others, completed in 1675. The facade changed into redone in 1925 in a Neoclassical fashion.

The cupola was finished in 1935. On the facade are bust depicting the titular saints and of popes Marcello II Marcello Cervini 1539-40 and Innocent IX Giovanni Maria Facchinetti 1560-75 who had been bishops of Nicastro. The wooden choir stalls of the early 18th century are still present. This is the first-class area to visit on this metropolis. Huge number of people visit this place every year.