Cattedrale di Cremona (only in italian language)
Ad oltre 35 anni dal prezioso scritto di Alfredo Puerari, storico dell’arte cremonese, esce in occasione del IX centenario di…
Art and history
the expression of time in the Cathedral
More than ever , for the art treasures that it contains, for the powerful architectural structure that characterizes it and above all for the sacramental celebrations that mark the life of the Christian people, the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is a sign and sacrament of the glory of that God who wanted to live among us, planting his dwelling among the homes and in the hearts of the people. If the true temple of God is the Body of the Risen Lord, the stone temple in which the “living stones” – the disciples of Jesus – gather, in some way prolongs the mystery and the reality of the Incarnation of the Word. God in fact did not want to remain hidden in his unfathomable and invisible mystery, rather he chose to weave his life with ours, entering in the person of the Son, in our time, in our history and in our geography. Starting with the event of the Incarnation, God gave himself to us in all the human features, including the dimensions of the figurative and architectural arts that are among the highest expressions of the human spirit. It can be said that the incarnation of God is also
“his entry into matter, the beginning of a momentous movement in which all matter is to become a vessel for the Word”
(J. Ratzinger).
The iconic richness of our Duomo is a powerful aid not only to cognitively understand, but also to enter existentially into the history of salvation, which is the story of God’s encounter with human affairs.
Crossing the threshold of our highest city temple, we cannot help but be attracted by the figure of the Redeemer – in his severity as a benign and merciful judge among the symbols of the evangelists and together with the patron saints of the City – portrayed in the glory of heaven, ultimate and definitive end of human adventure, the fulfillment of our every desire, of all our sighs, of all our travails. Sharing the glory of the Redeeming Son is the Mother, the Virgin of the Assumption, to whom the Cathedral is dedicated and who is portrayed in the altarpiece: to remind us that our existential itinerary has in Mary
“A sign of sure hope and solace to the wandering people of God.
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(cf. Lumen Gentium 68).
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Duomo
Read moreAt the sides of the main portal of the cathedral, four ancient prophets welcome us and let us intuit how far in the past we must look for the origins of this wonderful temple. A plaque in the canonic sacristy can shed light on this mystery: the“Foundation Stone”,
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Torrazzo
Scopri di piùIl Torrazzo è la seconda torre campanaria medievale più alta d’Italia e la 36a d’Europa: alto 112,54 metri, ma è la più alta costruita in laterizi. costruito a doppia canna, si compone cioè di due torri inserite l’una nell’altra; nell’intercapedine corre una scala di 502 gradini.
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Battistero
Scopri di piùIl Battistero di Cremona, in stile romanico, è meno appariscente e più severamente spoglio rispetto a quelli di Firenze. Pisa e Parma. La tecnica della costruzione della volta ha anticipato di circa due secoli quella della cupola di Santa Maria del Fiore a Firenze, opera del Brunelleschi. La tecnica laterizia è certamente un’ineguagliabile gloria cremonese destinata poi a trionfare nelle proporzioni del Torrazzo.
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Chiesa di San Girolamo
Read moreThe church is dedicated to St. Jerome and his disciple St. Eusebius of Cremona.
Jerome (347-420), a biblicist , translator of the Bible (his Vulgate was the first complete translation into Latin, translated from the original Hebrew and Greek texts), and theologian, he was one of the most representative figures of his time
Publications
Sono disponibili in Duomo delle pubblicazioni che approfondiscono la storia della nostra Cattedrale e delle sue ricchezze artistiche che su questo sito abbiamo voluto semplicemente accennare.
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Guida – Il Duomo di Cremona (only in italian language)
Tra le grandi cattedrali romaniche padane, quella dedicata a Santa Maria Assunta a Cremona è una delle più ricche di…