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The cathedral seen from Piazza del Domo. Vicenza Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata, Duomo di Vicenza) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is the seat of the Bishop of Vicenza, and is dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.
The mosaic in the center of the Basilica of Saints Felix and Fortunatus. The earliest churches in the city of Vicenza – of which there is evidence left to us and whose foundation dates back to the late 4th century – are the church of Santa Maria Annunciata and the Basilica of Saints Felix and Fortunatus, both of which have come down to us in their medieval, Renaissance and Baroque ...
The mosaic in the center of the Basilica of Saints Felix and Fortunatus. It was Aquileia, a great city and commercial port, the center of the spread of Christianity in the X Regio Venetia et Histria; [4] the first followers of the new faith were not so much the common people, but the military, travelers, and merchants who had frequent contacts with the East and had cultural openness: it was ...
At first the site was called "Vicenza, City of Palladio" and only buildings in the immediate area of Vicenza were included. Various types of buildings were represented in the original site, which included the Basilica Palladiana , Teatro Olimpico and palazzi in the city itself, along with a few villas in the vicinity. [ 2 ]
Vicenza had an estimated population of 115,927 [4] and a metropolitan area of 270,000 in 2008. Vicenza is the third-largest Italian industrial centre as measured by the value of its exports, and is one of the country's wealthiest cities, [3] [5] in large part due to its textile and steel industries, which employ tens of thousands of people ...
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The first English architect to adapt Palladio's work was Inigo Jones, who made a long trip to Vicenza and returned full of Palladian ideas. His first major work in the style was the Queen's House at Greenwich (1616–1635), modelled after Palladio's villas.
The piece was commissioned by Giovanni De Surdis, the former bishop of Vicenza. A will from 1383, belonging to the Bishop, indicates that 50 gold ducats were allocated for the creation of a Madonna statue to be placed on the altar of Santa Maria in the Vicenza Cathedral. [2] The statue is held at the Museo Diocesano in Vicenza . [3]