This Baroque cathedral was built of the project of Gianfrancesco Buonamici (1692-1759) after the demolition of the ancient Ursiana basilica, commissioned at the beginning of the 5th century by the archbishop Orso. The cathedral has a Latin cross structure with three naves and has a large arched portico. The neoclassic dome with elliptical plan which substitutes the original one in 1780-1782 is by Giuseppe Pistocchi (1744-1814). Inside there is a marble ambo dating to the period of bishop Agnello (557-570). The circular bell tower dates back to the 10th century.
View of the Cathedral of Ravenna with the column dedicated to the Virgin Mary, 1879 – 1890, Raccolte Museali Fratelli Alinari, Firenze
Current view of the back of the Duomo and the Baptistry of Neon
View of the back of the Duomo and the Baptistry of Neon, in 1880-1890 ca., Raccolte Museali Fratelli Alinari, Firenze
The interior of the Duomo – Image taken from the Cathedral Web Site
The main altar, built in 1760 by Archbishop Guiccioli
Sant’Orso consecrates the Cathedral of Ravenna, by Vincenzo Camuccini – First painting to the right, in the apse
Right nave – Third Chapel – Altarpiece with Saints Pier Crisologo, Romualdo and Pier Damiani, by Giuseppe Milani (XVIII sec.)
Right nave – Ambo of bishop Agnello built between 557 and 570 for the ancient Basilica Ursiana – Archivi Alinari, Firenze
Transept, right side – High-seventeenth-century chapel of Our Lady of Sweat
Chapel of Our Lady of Sweat – wooden tablet painted in tempera with an image of the Madonna of the sweat, attributed to a Rimini artist of the fourteenth century
Chapel of Our Lady of Sweat – left side – Sarcophagus of the second half of the fifth century with the relics of St. Barbaziano, confessor of Galla Placidia
Chapel of Our Lady of Sweat – right side – Greek marble sarcophagus dating from 420-430 with the body of Blessed Rinaldo from Concorezzo died August 18, 1321
Right deambulatory – Chapel dedicated to St Ursicinus – The martyrdom of St Ursicinus by Cesare Pronti
Transept, left side – Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, built between 1612 and 1620 at the behest of Archbishop Pietro Aldobrandini, designed by Carlo Maderno
Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament – Altarpiece by Guido Reni depicting Moses and the gathering of the manna in the desert, built between 1614 and 1616
Left nave – The tomb of Archbishop Antonio Codronchi (statues of Gaetano Matteo Monti, 1776-1847)
Left nave – Memorial of Alessandro Guiccioli, husband of Teresa Gamba-Ghiselli
Design of the mosaic apse, by Gianfrancesco Buonamici – Archivi fotografici Istituzione Biblioteca Classense, Ravenna
