Capua Cathedral

The cathedral of Capua is said to have been founded by Bishop Landulfo in 856. It was rebuilt in the 10th century, then by Archbishop Erveo (1072-1086) towards the end of the 11th century; he added the entrance portico, which was later enlarged in the 15th century, and considerably renovated the adjacent bishop's palace. In the 18th century the whole complex was radically renovated; again, between 1854 and 1857, under the episcopate of Giuseppe Cosenza, the architect Federico Travaglini renovated the church, which was almost completely razed to the ground during the 1943 bombings: it was rebuilt between 1949 and 1957.

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