Bovino Cathedral

Troia Cathedral is a Latin cross building built between 1093 and 1125. The building, of undeniable architectural interest, is dedicated to the Virgin Mary assumed into heaven and is built in the Pugliese Romanesque style. The church was built on the basis of a pre-existing Byzantine building and with reused materials from the ancient Roman town. In the 13th century the presbytery was first completed by the construction of the cross vault of the choir and then the rose windows on the main façade were built.

The present cathedral of Ascoli Satriano was built in the second half of the 13th century by the Conventual Friars Minor, who dedicated it to Saint Francis, with their adjoining monastery. With a bull dated 24th September 1455, Pope Callistus III raised the Franciscan church to the rank of a new diocesan cathedral, replacing the previous one, which was destroyed by an earthquake. The new cathedral was enlarged and restored during the 17th century and was reconsecrated on June 3, 1709. It was finally completely rebuilt after the earthquake of 1871 which reduced it to ruins.

The Cathedral of Ariano Irpino was built in the 10th century on the ruins of an ancient temple of Apollo. King Charles I of Anjou (1266 - 1285) had the cathedral rebuilt, which was completed much later, in 1309. The new building was damaged by the earthquake of 1349 and then devastated by the great earthquake of 1456. The basilica was hit again by earthquakes in March 1517, June 1688, September 1694, March 1702 and especially in November 1732. The bishop of the time, Filippo Tipaldi, completed the new construction of the sacred building in 1736, giving it its modern structure and forms. Still damaged by the earthquake of 1962, the cathedral was then subject to extensive renovations and was reopened for worship in 1982, while the bell tower, which collapsed in the earthquake of 1980 without causing any casualties, was later rebuilt.