Cattedrale dell'Assunta

The Cathedral of the Assumption stands in the old heart of the town and is reached from a picturesque Renaissance-style square of the late 15th century. Consecrated in 1067, numerous building work has modified the original Romanesque layout, which remains visible in the transept, presbytery, external volume of the tiburium and in the lower part of the bell tower. A 17th-century atrium with coupled columns frames the precious marble portal (1481) by Giovanni Antonio Pilacorte; the lunette has a bas relief dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The interior, with five naves, is notable for the size of the three Lombard-Romanesque-style apses which have been extremely well preserved. Underneath the presbytery and the transept is the large crypt environment. Of interest is the rectory cloister next to the church, dating from 1495, with a doorway and loggia featuring bas reliefs from the period. The sacristy is home to a precious triptych dedicated to the Vergine di Montserrat, by Bermejo.