Basilica Cattedrale di Foggia

The church of Our Lady of the Assumption and Church of Santa Maria di Foggia Foggia more commonly called the cathedral was built in 1170 in Apulian-Romanesque forms, with Pisan influences especially in the first row of blind arches decorated with lozenges, it was damaged and later it restored in typically Baroque style after the earthquake of 1731. the cathedral of Foggia is closely linked to the discovery dell'Iconavetere, a board that is a very rare Kiriotissa Virgin, whose history merges with that of the birth of the city. According to tradition, the image, surrounded by seven veils (hence the name of Our Lady of the Seven Veils), was found in 1062 (other sources give 1073) by a shepherd, into a quagmire, the present Piazza del Lago in Foggia.

Already collegiate church of Santa Maria, the cathedral was built in the twelfth century, and amended several times, it retains much of the outside of the finest prospects in Romanesque square and carved stone, with the precious cornice filled with fine sculptures work of 'architect and sculptor Bartolomeo da Foggia and, on his left side, the rich portal of St. Martin. Medieval is also the crypt, with remarkable capitals always work by Bartolomeo da Foggia. In the Baroque period, the temple was restored globally, outside changing the top of prospects and raising the fine stone bell tower crowned by a spire, and in reshaping discreetly rococo the architectural layout, a Latin cross with a dome bowl decorated with ornate stucco sober. In the classroom, relatively spacious, stands the imposing greater eighteenth century polychrome marble altar, with two large marble angels sculpted and signed by Giuseppe Sammartino. On the counter, also dominated by a large painting by Francesco De Mura, while other precious altars of the eighteenth century Neapolitan decorate the chapels (two of which are home to wooden statues of Giacomo Colombo). Of particular value is the main chapel dell'Iconavetere, at the side of the presbytery, with a bronze gate and rich marble altar of the late seventeenth century.