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| Gallipoli Cathedral | |
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| Co-Cathedral Basilica of Saint Agatha the Virgin | |
| Basilica Concattedrale di Sant'Agata Vergine (Italian) | |
 Front and side of the cathedral | |
| 40°03′17″N 17°58′34″E / 40.05472°N 17.97611°E / 40.05472; 17.97611 | |
| Location | Gallipoli, Apulia, Italy |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Minor basilica, co-cathedral |
| Dedication | Agatha of Sicily |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) |
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| Style | Baroque |
| Groundbreaking | 1629 (1629) |
| Completed | 1696 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli |
The Gallipoli Cathedral, formally the Co-Cathedral Basilica of Saint Agatha the Virgin (Italian: Basilica Concattedrale di Sant'Agata Vergine), is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Gallipoli in Apulia, Italy. Completed in 1696, the Baroque church is a minor basilica and the co-cathedral of the Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli.
History
The Gallipoli Cathedral was constructed between 1629 and 1696, and is dedicated to Saint Agatha of Sicily.
Architecture
The Baroque facade of the cathedral was designed by Giuseppe Zimbalo, Francesco Bischetini, and Scipione Lachibari. It is constructed out of carparo stone, sourced from Southern Italy. The church was built with a cruciform floorpan in the shape of a Latin cross.
Interior
The interior of the church is a mixture of the Byzantine and Renaissance styles. The nave is flanked by columns of grey marble, which support an arcade. The interior is ornamented by paintings by Giovanni Andrea Coppola, a painter native to Gallipoli. Nicolò Malinconico painted the frescoes on the walls and in the cupola, which depicts the martyrdom of Saint Agatha.
The cathedral's altar is made of a reused Ancient Roman marble stele. There is an Ancient Greek inscription on the stele that reads:
ον τιμαλφεστατον . . . πελω. / Εγω προσαχ
τραπεζη τη ξενη / . . . ηπερ ην Μαρζηλιου / γγους
και τριφω. / Αυθις δε πειθυμια παση /
Μαγιου πατρωνος αμα και θυτου, / κυρις καθυφιζανεν
ευσεβοφρον(ως) / Παντολεων Προεδρος τουδε του θρονου.
Translated into English:
I am a most precious gift . . . I was placed on the remarkable altar . . . , which belonged
to Marsilios, three times glittering and three times luminous. Acceding to the ardent
desire of Magi . . . os, patron and priest, lord bishop Pantoleon, holder of this throne,
sits with great piety.
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Domenico 2002, p. 27
- ^ "Gallipoli: the Cathedral of St. Agatha Virgin and Martyr of Catania". Foodismo. June 13, 2017. Archived from the original on November 8, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
- Piuzzi et al. 2018, p. 258
- Briggs 1911, p. 316
- Benigni 1913
- ^ Safran 2014, p. 277
Sources
- Briggs, Martin Shaw (1911). In the Heel of Italy: A Study of an Unknown City. New York: Duffield & Co. OCLC 5247550. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019 – via Google Books.
- Domenico, Roy (2002). The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-30733-4. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019 – via Google Books.
- Benigni, Umberto (1909). "Diocese of Gallipoli". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Piuzzi, Emanuele; Pittella, Erika; Pisa, Stefano; Cataldo, Andrea; De Benedetto, Egidio; Cannazza, Giuseppe (September 2018). "An improved noninvasive resonance method for water content characterization of Cultural Heritage stone materials". Measurement. 125: 257–261. doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2018.04.070. S2CID 117597277.
- Safran, Linda (2014). "Database: Sites in the Salento with Texts and Images Informative About Identity". The Medieval Salento: Art and Identity in Southern Italy. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 239–336. ISBN 9780812245547. JSTOR j.ctt5vkcwn.13.