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====Religious buildings==== *''[[Parma Cathedral]]'': [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] church houses a 12th-century sculpture by [[Benedetto Antelami]] and a 16th-century fresco masterpiece by [[Antonio da Correggio]]. *''[[Baptistery of Parma|Baptistery]]'': construction began in 1196 by Antelami, stands adjacent to the cathedral. *''[[San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma|San Giovanni Evangelista]]'': Abbey church originally constructed in the 10th century behind the cathedral's apse, rebuilt in 1498 and 1510. It has a late [[Mannerism|Mannerist]] façade and a bell tower designed by [[Simone Moschino]]. The cupola is frescoed with an influential masterpiece of the Renaissance: the ''[[Vision of St. John the Evangelist (Correggio)|Vision of St. John the Evangelist]]'' (1520–1522) by Correggio which heralded illusionistic perspective ceilings. Cloisters and library are also notable. *''[[Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata]]''. *''[[Sant'Uldarico, Parma]]'' (1411). *''[[San Paolo, Parma]]'': (11th century): former Benedictine convent houses Correggio's frescoes in the ''[[Camera di San Paolo]]'' (1519–1520), and works by [[Alessandro Araldi]]. *''[[San Francesco del Prato, Parma|San Francesco del Prato]]'': (13th century) [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] church served as jail from Napoleonic era until 1990s, during which the 16 windows in the façade were opened. The Oratory of the Concezione houses frescoes by [[Michelangelo Anselmi]] and [[Francesco Rondani]]. *''[[Santa Croce, Parma|Santa Croce]]'': 12th-century church in [[romanesque architecture|Romanesque style]], had a nave and two aisles with a semicircular apse. Rebuilt in 1415 and again in 1635–1666. The frescoes in the nave by [[Giovanni Maria Conti]], [[Francesco Reti]] and [[Antonio Lombardi]]) date to this period. *''[[San Sepolcro, Parma|San Sepolcro]]'': church built in 1275 over a pre-existing religious building. Interiors were largely renovated in 1506, 1603 and finally 1701. The Baroque bell tower was built in 1616 and the bells were completed in 1753. Adjacent is a former monastery (1493–1495) of the Regular Canons of the Lateran. *''[[Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Parma|Santa Caterina d'Alessandria]]'': 14th-century church. *''[[Santa Maria del Quartiere, Parma|Santa Maria del Quartiere]]'' (1604–1619): church characterized by an unusual hexagonal plan. The cupola is decorated with frescoes by [[Pier Antonio Bernabei]] and pupils. *''[[San Rocco, Parma|San Rocco]]'': late Baroque style church rebuilt in 1754 and dedicated to one of Parma's patron saints. *''[[Santa Cristina, Parma|Santa Cristina]]''
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