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Vieste Co-cathedral

Coordinates: 41°52′54″N 16°10′50″E / 41.8816°N 16.1805°E / 41.8816; 16.1805
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Vieste Cathedral (Italian: Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic co-cathedral in Vieste, a former bishopric in Apulia, southern Italy.

Vieste Cathedral

History

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It was built in Apulian Romanesque style as a cathedral when Vieste was still a Latin Catholic diocese (until its merger into the present Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo on 1818.06.27).

It is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. It has a basilica plan with a nave and two aisles. Its bell tower was rebuilt in Baroque style in the 18th century after the previous one collapsed.

The co-cathedral of Viesti became a minor basilica by decree of Pope John Paul II on 12 February 1981.[1]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 73 (Città del Vaticano 1981), pp. 450-451.
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41°52′54″N 16°10′50″E / 41.8816°N 16.1805°E / 41.8816; 16.1805