Bertinoro Cathedral
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Bertinoro Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Bertinoro; Concattedrale di Santa Caterina) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Bertinoro in the province of Forlì-Cesena, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Formerly the seat of the bishops of Bertinoro, it is now a co-cathedral in the diocese of Forlì-Bertinoro,
The first religious building dedicated to Saint Catherine on the site was a small oratory, demolished at the end of the 16th century and rebuilt as the present cathedral in Bramantesque style[1] by order of Bishop Giovanni Andrea Caligari;[2] work finished in the 17th century. In its final position it backed onto the Palazzo Comunale, because it was believed that the latter was about to be demolished because of its instability, which however did not happen.[3]
