Monte Porzio Catone. Cathedral Church of Saint Gregory the Great

Monte Porzio Catone. Cathedral Church of Saint Gregory the Great

The cathedral of Saint Gregory the Great was built in 1666 by Pope Paul V Borghese.

It is in honour of Pope Gregory who had signed the papal bull of the Gregorian Calendar here.

The design and construction was by Girolamo Rainaldi.

The façade, which looks directly at the valley, has two towers on each side and is characterized by rigid geometrical designs.

The plan of the cathedral is a Greek cross and inside there are paintings of the seventeenth century.

In the basement of the church the remains of a Roman villa have been found above which was born Monte Porzio.


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Benedicta Lee

Born in Rome from an Italian mother and American father, she works as a freelance communications manager and designer in the tourism sector, a career and interest which she is pursuing with a...

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