Building Name: | Church of Santa Maria Maggiore(Cerveteri) |
Location: | Cerveteri, Italy |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
Consecration Year: | 1000 ca. the first one, 1959 the second one |
Groundbreaking: | 1000 ca. the first one, 1950 the second one |
Year Completed: | 1000 ca. the first one, 1959 the second one |
Website: | Parrocchia Santa Maria Maggiore |
The church of Santa Maria Maggiore is the main church of Cerveteri. It includes an ancient church and a new church, linked together.
It was originally built in the 700s, and was rebuilt c1100; it is the oldest cathedral in Tuscania.[1]
The church contains a Pietà which is believed to have been created by Perin del Vaga.[2]
Santa Maria Maggiore, Tuscania