Duomo di Sant' Andrea a Pergola

Unfortunately closed for maintenance. Already visited on another occasion. The church was built in 1285 by the Augustinians, to whom it belonged, and dedicated to Agostino d'Ippona. The bell tower is in Romanesque style up to the belfry. The interior has three naves divided by pillars with a deep presbytery and the presence of several gilded wooden altars.

Pergola remains in the ❤️, of those who visit it, the Duomo is one of the many churches of Pergola, and it is really very beautiful.

Dedicated to Saints Andrew the Apostle and Second Martyr, it is located in the historic center of Pergola, in Via Don Minzoni was commissioned by the Augustinian monks from 1258, it underwent several and profound transformations during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In 1841, at the behest of Pope Gregory XVI, the neoclassical facade was completed. Traces of the original Romanesque-Gothic construction remain in the bell tower, characterized by the cell with pointed arches, one of the emblems of the city. Inside, with three naves, eight baroque altars in carved and gilded wood stand out: in two of them there are the wooden statues of the "Guardian Angel" (1630-1647), the "Madonna of the Seven Sorrows" and the "Christ Dead "(XVIII century). In the apse triumphs the glory of the patron saints sculpted by the Eugubino Carlo Calandri (1681-1759). The high altar of 1822 is in polychrome marble, some of which come from Sentinum. On the walls of the presbytery there are two large paintings by Giovanni Francesco Ferri: "The martyrdom of Saints Secondo, Agabito and Giustina" (patrons of the city) and "The arrival of the body of the Protecting Saints" in Pergola (1758-1763). valuable a "Crucifix" on the table of the century. XIV, attributed to Mello da Gubbio.Notibili, in the Chapel of the Sacrament, "The Last Supper", referred to in the ancient memoirs to Federico Barocci, but recently indicated as a replica of Gian Andrea Urbani (1608 ca.) and a "Crucifix and Angels "by Luca Giordano (1634-1705). On the grandiose altar of the Graziani Chapel, built in 1652, is the" Madonna della Ghiara and S. Giorgio ", by Jean Boulauger (1606-1660). Also noteworthy are the sumptuous "Processional Machine of the Saints Protectors" in wood carved by Gaetano Rovesi and gilded by Domenico Giuseppe Ferri (1744) and the precious "Reliquary of S. Secondo" in gilded copper, silver and enamels (XV century ). The sacristy preserves antique furniture and some painted canvases, including the "Madonna with the Child and Protecting Saints", attributed to Giovanni Anastasi (1653-1704). Next to it is the Episcopio, where the works of art from the suppressed churches are collected.

Altars in golden wood of exquisite workmanship. To underline, in the Graziani family chapel, the painting "The Madonna of the Ghiara" by the painter Jean Buolanger, commissioned to the artist by the Pergolese writer Gerolamo Graziani during the period of his service at the D'Este house.

Cathedral located in the center of Pergola. Beautiful Marche town. To visit