Category: What to see
Arriving from the close via del Campanile or directly from Piazza dei Priori, you can only be kidnapped by the late Romanesque features of the Church of San Francesco of Narni located in one of the highest points of the city. The Church of San Francesco in Narni. In 1213 the bishop Ugolino called in […]
A stair that goes from Via Garibaldi clambers up through one of the highest points of Narni: Via del Campanile is one of the most interesting and photographed corners of Narni. One of the most beautiful narrow streets of Italy. Arches superimposed on medieval windows and houses that seem to lean on each other in […]
The left aisle, placed on the lateral entrance from Piazza Garibaldi, preserves different works including graves, altars and chapels. The left aisle of the Cathedral of Narni. From the entrance, on the left, you can see the Altar of San Biagio, with a canvas made by an unknown author dating 1675, following the Altar of San […]
One of the particularities of the Cathedral of Narni is the presence of two aisles instead of one. The right aisle continues with that birthed to be inglobated in the principal building, the most sacred place of the town of Narni: the Sacello of Giovenale and Cassio (=Chapel of Giovenale and Cassio). The right aisle, […]
Entering the Cathedral of Narni, from piazza Cavour it’s suggested to go in the center to look at the building in all of its elements: it will be easy to understand the scope of the monument and the choice of certain architectural elements, that made this monument one of the churches to visit in Umbria. […]
On the two sides of the transept there are two of the most singular works of Narni’s Cathedral: the Chapel of the Blessed Lucia, in baroque style; the Chapel of San Giuseppe, in more late style, almost rococo. The Chapel of Blessed Lucia. Before the intervention of the Cardinal Sacripante, the chapel was dedicated to […]
The apse, in the Gothic architecture, is characterized by seven chapels inside of which the architect has wanted to link the uniqueness of the Narnese lowered arch with Gothic arch. The seven chapels. The chapels, covered by choir stalls, keep a relevant heritage of frescos, almost all assigned to the Maestro of Narni and to […]
The principal facade of Narni’s Cathedral, faced on piazza Cavour, is characterized by a porch built during the renaissance, which frames three marble doors with architraves under a low arch, which make this church one of the most beautiful churches to visit in Umbria. From Piazza Garibaldi you can enter to the lateral entrance with […]
Characteristic and unique is the architectonic baroque complex, made from the second half of the XVII century , which includes the Major Altar, the Confession and the Crypt which preserves the relics of San Giovenale. The altar, the confession and the crypt: masterpieces of the Baroque period. The building works started in 1642 after that […]
Devoted to the first bishop of Narni who lived in the IV century BC, the Cathedral of San Giovenale is one of the most artistically, interesting and beautiful romanesque churches in Umbria. The Cathedral of San Giovenale and Cassio in Narni. Leaning against the romans’ walls and overlooking with its lateral door on the Piazza […]