Amalfi Cathedral

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Italian name	Duomo di Amalfi
What it is	Church
Where	Amalfi, Campania
Known for	The Cathedral of Sant’Andrea, Paradise Cloister, crypt and Diocesan Museum complex.
Period	Medieval cathedral complex; Romanesque and Arab-Norman elements, 987
UNESCO	World Heritage setting

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Amalfi’s Cathedral of Sant’Andrea forms part of a monumental complex that includes the Paradise Cloister, the crypt and the Diocesan Museum in the Basilica del Crocifisso. The municipal office dates its foundation to 987 and records a major early-thirteenth-century enlargement associated with Cardinal Pietro Capuano.

A layered medieval cathedral complex whose related spaces record Amalfi’s ecclesiastical and funerary history.

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Amalfi’s Cathedral of Sant’Andrea forms part of a monumental complex that also includes the Paradise Cloister, the crypt and the Diocesan Museum housed in the Basilica del Crocifisso.¹

The municipal office dates the cathedral’s foundation to 987 and records a major early-thirteenth-century enlargement associated with Cardinal Pietro Capuano.¹

Built in 1266–1268 as a burial place for Amalfi’s noble families, the Paradise Cloister is defined by interlaced pointed arches and 120 slender columns.²

Sources and citations (2)

Comune di AmalfiMonumental Complex of the Cathedral of Sant’AndreaComplex overviewRead source
Museo Diocesano di AmalfiChiostro del ParadisoCloister historyRead source

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