The Cathedral of Monopoli
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The Cathedral of Monopoli in Puglia, southern Italy, contains sculptural decorations and religious carvings by local and regional artists. Italian cathedrals served as major repositories of sculpture, with carved portals, altarpieces, and devotional figures accumulated over centuries of worship and patronage.
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About The Cathedral of Monopoli
The Cathedral of Monopoli in Puglia houses sculptural decorations accumulated over centuries. Italian cathedrals like this served as major repositories of carved portals, altarpieces, and devotional figures.
A Fragment of a Capital with Scenes from Mary's Infancy (c. 1100) from Monopoli Cathedral is held by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The carved capital shows scenes from the infancy of Mary, a common devotional subject in medieval Italian church architecture.
The fragment dates to around 1100, part of the Romanesque-era carving that decorated the cathedral.
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