Messina Cathedral

E409341
Roman Catholic cathedral church building tourist attraction

Messina Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Messina, Sicily, renowned for its medieval architecture and astronomical clock tower.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Messina Cathedral canonical 2
Cathedral of Messina 1
Duomo di Messina 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic cathedral ⓘ
church building ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Messina Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Cathedral of Messina

Messina Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Duomo di Messina
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
Norman architecture ⓘ
Romanesque ⓘ
clockCompletionYear 1933 ⓘ
clockMechanismBy Ungerer company of Strasbourg ⓘ
clockTowerLocation campanile adjacent to the cathedral ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
damagedBy 1908 Messina earthquake ⓘ
World War II bombing ⓘ
dedicatedTo Assumption of Mary ⓘ
surface form: Assumption of the Virgin Mary
denomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
diocese Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela ⓘ
floorPlanType basilica plan ⓘ
foundedInPeriod 12th century ⓘ
function seat of the Archbishop of Messina ⓘ
hasAisle side aisles ⓘ
hasArtwork frescoes ⓘ
mosaics ⓘ
sculptures ⓘ
hasClock mechanical astronomical clock ⓘ
hasFeature apse ⓘ
astronomical clock tower ⓘ
bell tower ⓘ
façade with three portals ⓘ
rose window ⓘ
transept ⓘ
hasNave central nave ⓘ
heritageDesignation national monument of Italy ⓘ
heritageStatus protected cultural property in Italy ⓘ
liturgicalUse cathedral liturgies ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Messina ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
notableFor daily animated clock figures ⓘ
medieval architectural elements ⓘ
one of the largest astronomical clocks in the world ⓘ
originalConstructionStart 12th century ⓘ
reconstructedInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
usedFor cultural events ⓘ
religious services ⓘ
tourist visits ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Messina → hasLandmark → Messina Cathedral ⓘ
Messina Cathedral → alsoKnownAs → Messina Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cathedral of Messina
Messina Cathedral → alsoKnownAs → Messina Cathedral ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duomo di Messina
Fountain of Orion → isInFrontOf → Messina Cathedral ⓘ