Cathedral of Pozzuoli
Pozzuoli, IT
The Cathedral of Pozzuoli is built on an ancient Greek temple rebuilt in Augustan times (27 BC - 14 AD). Between the end of the 5th and the beginning of the 6th century, the inhabitants of Puteoli decided to dedicate this building from the Augustan period as a church to their patron saint Proculus. In 1636, Bishop Martín de León y Cárdenas, in accordance with the diktats of the Counter-Reformation, undertook the reconstruction of the cathedral, which was completed in 1647. The cathedral contains splendid paintings by famous artists of the time, above all Artemisia Gentileschi, author of the three canvases San Gennaro nell'anfiteatro di Pozzuoli, Santi Procolo e Nicea, Adorazione dei Magi.