Duomo

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Duomo

Duomo is a generic Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
term for a cathedral

Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop. It is a Religion building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic Church, Anglicanism, Orthodox Christian and some Lutheranism churches, which serves as a bishop's seat, and thus as the central church of a dioc...
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

Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
nor therefore a cathedral, as for example Trevi

Trevi

Trevi is an ancient town and comune in Umbria, Italy, on the lower flank of Monte Serano overlooking the wide plain of the Clitumnus river river system....
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Duomo is a generic Italian

Italian language

Cathedral

Bishop

Trevi

Trevi is an ancient town and comune in Umbria, Italy, on the lower flank of Monte Serano overlooking the wide plain of the Clitumnus river river system....
). 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

Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press , is a comprehensive dictionary of the English language. Two fully-bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989; as of December 2008 the dictionary's current editors have completed a quarter of the third edition....
, 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

Duomo di Milano

Milan Cathedral is the cathedral church of Milan in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Dionigi Tettamanzi....
, but other well-known cathedrals include San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome and those of Alba, Ancona

Ancona

Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of central Italy, population 101,909 . Ancona is situated on the Adriatic Sea and is the center of the province of Ancona and the capital of the region....
, Mantua

Mantua Cathedral

The Duomo di Mantova is the main church in Mantua, Lombardy .A first structure existed probably in the area in the Palaeo-Christian era, which was followed by an edifice destroyed by a fire in 894....
, Parma

Cathedral of Parma

Parma Cathedral is a cathedral church in Parma, Emilia-Romagna . It is an important Italian Romanesque architecture cathedral, and the artist Correggio fresco is one of the masterpieces of Renaissance fresco work....
and Florence

Florence

Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
's Santa Maria del Fiore

Santa Maria del Fiore

The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church of Florence, Italy, begun in 1296 in the Gothic architecture style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi....
. Other notable examples are in Cefalù

Cefalù Cathedral

The Cathedral-Basilica of Cefal?, is a Roman Catholic church in Cefal?, Sicily, southern Italy.The cathedral, dating from 1131, was commenced in the Norman architecture style, the island of Sicily Norman conquest of southern Italy in 1091....
, Cremona

Cremona Cathedral

The Duomo di Cremona is the seat of the Bishop of Cremona in Lombardy, Italy, and is the main Roman Catholic Church church of that town. It is dedicated to assumption of Mary, ....
, Enna

Enna

Enna is a city located in the center of Sicily in the province of Enna, towering above the surrounding countryside. It has earned a few nicknames, such as "belvedere" or the "ombelico" of Sicily....
, L'Aquila

L'Aquila

L'Aquila is a city in central Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. It has a population of 72,913 inhabitants, but has a daily presence in the territory of 100,000 people to study, tertiary activities, jobs and tourism....
, Modena, Monreale

Monreale

Monreale is a town and comune in the province of Palermo, in Sicily, Italy, on the slope of Monte Caputo, overlooking the very fertile valley called "La Conca d'oro" , famed for its Orange , olive and almond trees, the produce of which is exported in large quantities....
, Naples, Genoa, Orvieto

Duomo di Orvieto

The Duomo di Orvieto is a large 14th century Roman Catholic cathedral situated in the town of Orvieto in Umbria, central Italy. The building was constructed under the orders of Pope Urban IV to commemorate and provide a suitable home for the Corporal of Bolsena, a miracle which is said to have occurred in 1263 in the nearby town of Bolsena,...
, Padua

Padua

Padua is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 ....
, Piazza Armerina

Piazza Armerina

Piazza Armerina is an comune in the province of Enna of the autonomous island region of Sicily....
, Pisa

Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa....
(the Leaning Tower

Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply The Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa....
is the Duomo's bell-tower), Prato

Prato Cathedral

The Cathedral of Prato is the main Catholic church of Prato, Tuscany, Central Italy and seat of the bishop. It is dedicated to St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr....
, San Gimignano

San Gimignano

San Gimignano is a small Defensive wall Middle Ages hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. It is mainly famous for its medieval architecture, especially its towers, which may be seen from several kilometers outside the town....
, Siena, Spoleto, Turin and Viterbo

Viterbo

Viterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Latium region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 100 kilometers north of Rome on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and Monti Volsini....
.