Editing Benevento (section)

===The Cathedral===

[[File:Duomo (Benevento) 01.jpg|thumb|The cathedral.]]
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The [[Cathedral]] of Santa Maria Assunta, with its arcaded façade and incomplete square [[campanile]] (begun in 1279 by the archbishop Romano Capodiferro) dates from the 9th century.<ref name="EB1911"/> It was rebuilt in 1114, the façade inspired by the Pisan Gothic style. Its bronze doors, adorned with [[bas-relief]]s, are notable example of [[Romanesque art]] which may belong to the beginning of the 13th century. The interior is in the form of a [[basilica]], the double aisles carried on ancient columns. There are ambones resting on columns supported by lions, and decorated with reliefs and coloured marble mosaic, and a candelabrum of 1311.<ref name="EB1911"/> A marble statue of the apostle San Bartolomeo, by Nicola da Monteforte, is also from the 14th century.  The cathedral also contains a statue of St. [[Giuseppe Moscati]], a native of the area. The cathedral was completely destroyed in 1943 because of bombardments: what remained of the cathedral were just the bell tower, the façade and the crypt. Another testimony of the cathedral is the XII century bronze door, the Janua Major, composed of 72 tiles with bas relief, whose fragments were rebuilt after the Second World War. 
The current monument, with its modern aspect, was completed in 1965 and restored between 2005 and 2012.