Francesco Di Gregorio

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Beautiful massive cathedral for a smaller town in Puglia Italy.  Very plain architecture on the outside, mostly yellow stone work, with a slight fancy facade.

Once inside, the cathedral is breathtakingly massive, multiple colors of marble with ornate chapels lining the side aisles.

There are stairs on both sides of the altar that allow visitors to walk up and behind the altar giving you a different view of the cathedral.

Worth a short visit if visiting Monopoli.

One of the most astonishingly beautiful cathedrals I've ever been into. Definitely the highlight of my visit in Monopoly.

This Cathedral was built from 1740 to 1770 on a site which had been previously used by man for at least 4000 years. In fact, in
the Bronze Age, some huts were built in this same place. Then, 2500 years ago, the first tombs of the Necropolis of a Messapian*
town were built. From that time this place became sacred and stayed sacred even
when the main religion changed, from Paganism to Christianity. Originally, a Pagan temple was located on the site; in 256 A.D. a
Christian church was built instead. In 1107, Bishop Romualdo started the construction of a Romanesque church. According to the tradition, the church could not come to completation because there was not enough
wood to build the roof. In 1117 the wooden beams arrived at the seaport in the form of
a raft which carried the Byzantine Icon of Our Lady with Child. In 1742 the Romanesque church was demolished because it was unsafe and too small for the increasing population. Therefore, the new Baroque church was built. it preserves the Byzantine Icon that arrived to the seaport, in 1117, on a raft. The altar was built with precious marbles that came from different quarries. The Neapolitan Andrea de Blasio made the silver frame and the silver imperial crown in 1720 and 1724. Around the chapel you can see six paintings made by Michele del Pezzo in 1798. The pictorial series called "The Virgin's Stories" includes "The Purifying of the Virgin", "The Visitation", "The Introduction to the Temple" and the ovals "The Nativity of the Virgin" and "The Nativity of Jesus". On the sides of the chapel there are two other paintings made by The Neapolitan Pietro Bardellino in 1788: "The
Iconoclast campaign" on the right (*) and "The Arrival at the Seaport" on the left. The two statues on the sides of the altar represent the Archangel Michael and St. Joseph; they were made in 1752 by Giuseppe Sammartino, better known for his "Veiled Christ" (Sansevero Chapel, Naples). The little organ was built in 1762 by Pietro de Simone (junior).

Monopoli, di passaggio

Cattedrale Maria Santissima della Madia

Nice place to view the port or harbour. You get to see scores of boats lined up, quite busy area. Best place to take photography of the port area.

Lovely little harbour filled with picturesque blue and red boats. Currently there's an excellent exhibition with photographs of local science and manufacturing advances which was well presented with engaging descriptions.

A beautiful place in Monopoly.
One should definitely come here for some nice clicks

Porto antico

Nice castle at the entrance of the port. Free admission

It's a nice place to visit. The castle it self is not very spectacular but somehow fit to the surrounding

Cathedral of the Most Holy Mary of Madia

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