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With this project I decided to improve and to focus on the design of religious buildings in Baroque style, previously experienced in my preceding work (Baroque Cathedral I: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/baroque-cathedral-cattedrale-barocca/)


◈◉◈ DESCRIPTION ◈◉◈

Once again I took as a reference the Italian Baroque and the Spanish Baroque unifying them, so it is not a copy or a reproduction of a real existing one.

For the first time I created some human statues that decorate the interior and the exterior of the cathedral. In total there are 145 statues of various forms and dimensions.


◉ FACADE ◉
The front is divided in three orders of decreasing widht and articulated by pilasters. It is mostly inspired to Sicilian Late-Baroque style, a particular declination of the Italian Baroque standing out for the great scenographic sense of the buildings.
In the lower part there are accesses to the gallery: three arches in the center that correspond to the three entrances of the cathedral and two at the ends, under the towers.
A big arch empties the upper part allowing the facade to reach a higher height, crowned by a tympanum.
The two identical bell towers come from the Spanish tradition and they imply the symmetry of the facade. Their partitions follow those of the facade with the addition of a fourth level, circular and covered by a small calotte.






◉ INTERIOR ◉
Entering in the cathedral you cross a gallery extended for all the width of the front, even under the bell towers. It is articulated by pilasters among which there are accesses and niches with statues. There are three entrances, one for each nave.
Immediately stands out the richness of colors and decorations, especially the floors with colorful geometric and floral patterns.



The Latin cross planimetry is organized in three naves. The central naves are covered by a coffered barrell vault and they intersect under the majestic major dome that is internally ornamented by geometric patterns and eight windows, each of which surmounted by a tympanum and framed in two pilasters on each side sustaining a trabeation.





Lateral naves are connected to the central one by arches. They are divided in bays surmounted by small domes and they are externally closed by apses that contain altars.
Four circular chapels, covered by the minor domes, widen the structure in the external corners of the crossing of the naves.




◉ MAJOR DOME ◉
Externally it is composed by an empty tholobate of columns that widen the diameter of the external cap. Notice an anular walkway between the columns and the wall of the internal dome that contains the windows of light for the interior.
On the top the lantern, decorated by small columns and small windows, is covered by a small calotte, similar to the ones atop the bell towers.



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