Duomo

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The duomo of Milan.

Duomo is a generic Italian term for a cathedral church. The formal word for a church that is presently a cathedral is cattedrale; a Duomo may be either a present or a former cathedral (the latter always in a town that no longer has a bishop nor therefore a cathedral, as for example Trevi). Such churches are usually referred to simply as "Il Duomo" or "The Duomo", without regard to the full proper name of the church.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word duomo derives from the Latin word "domus", meaning house, as a cathedral is the "house of God", or domus Dei.

Italian cathedrals are often highly decorated and contain notable artworks; in many cases the buildings themselves are true artworks. Perhaps the best known Duomo is Milan Cathedral, but other well-known cathedrals include San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome and those of Alba, Ancona, Mantua, Parma and Florence's Santa Maria del Fiore. Other notable examples are in Cefalù, Cremona, Enna, L'Aquila, Modena, Monreale, Naples, Orvieto, Padua, Piazza Armerina, Pisa (the Leaning Tower is the Duomo's bell-tower), Prato, San Gimignano, Siena, Spoleto, Turin and Viterbo.

The Duomo of Florence	The Duomo of Como	The Duomo of Amalfi	The Duomo of Ancona
The Duomo of Asti	The Duomo of Bari	The Duomo of Catania	The Duomo of Cremona
The Duomo of Ferrara	The Duomo of Massa Marittima	The Duomo of Matera	The Duomo of Mantova
The Duomo of Modena	The Duomo of Monreale	The Duomo of Orvieto	The Duomo of Pisa
The Duomo of Reggio Calabria	The Duomo of Siena	The Duomo of Turin