Oria Cathedral

Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo, (Basilica of the Assumption of Holy Mary to Heaven), dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Oria, province of Brindisi, in Apulia, Italy.

In 1750, the bishop of Oria, razed the prior 13th-century Romanesque church, which had been left precarious by the earthquake of February 20, 1743. Two columns from the olde church were purchased for 8000 ducats for use in the Capella Reggia of Caserta. The new church was reconsecrated in 1756. The facade includes a clocktower on the left and campanile on the left. The dome is covered with polychrome tiles. The interior is richly decorated. In 1992, Pope John Paul II elevated the church to Minor Pontifical Basilica. The interior of the church has a mummy crypt, with niches with mumified cadavers.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Comune of Oria, entry on basilica.

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