Aosta Cathedral

Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary and Saint John the Baptist
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Giovanni Battista
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption et Saint-Jean-le-Baptiste

Aosta Cathedral
Basic information
Location Aosta, Italy
Geographic coordinates 45°44′18″N 7°19′04″E / 45.738305°N 7.317737°E / 45.738305; 7.317737Coordinates: 45°44′18″N 7°19′04″E / 45.738305°N 7.317737°E / 45.738305; 7.317737
Affiliation Roman Catholic Church
Region Aosta Valley
Province Diocese of Aosta
Year consecrated 1025
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Cathedral
Status Active
Architectural description
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Romanesque, Renaissance, Neoclassical
Groundbreaking 11th century
Completed 1848

Aosta Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Aosta, Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Giovanni Battista; French: Cathédrale d'Aoste, Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption et Saint-Jean-le-Baptiste) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Aosta, in north-west Italy, built in the 4th century.

In the 11th century the Palaeo-Christian structure was replaced by a new edifice dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The architecture of the cathedral was modified during the 15th and 16th century.

The present façade, in neoclassical style, was built between 1846 and 1848. The structures remaining from the Romanesque period are two clock-towers and the crypt, and also the remaining part of an Ottonian fresco cycle on the church ceiling.

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