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The cathedral has a total external length of 85 m, and a façade height of 32 m, dimensions which make it the largest Romanesque church in
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has a wooden sculpture from 1479, wooden choirstalls by Giangiacomo da Genova (1471) and 15th-century statues of the Lombard school.
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During its history the cathedral was host to several minor composers as
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Few remains can be traced of the earlier paleochristian
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45°03′01″N 9°41′50″E / 45.05028°N 9.69722°E / 45.05028; 9.69722
Dedication
Italian
Roman Catholic
cathedral
Piacenza
Romanesque cathedral
northern Italy
Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Saint Justina
diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio
Emilia-Romagna
Camillo Procaccini
Ludovico Carracci
Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, "il Morazzone"
Guercino
presbytery
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