Alba Cathedral

Alba Cathedral
Italian: Cattedrale di San Lorenzo; Duomo di Alba
North side of the cathedral, with the 13th-century Lombardo-Gothic campanile
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusCathedral
Location
LocationVia Vida, 1
Alba, Piedmont, Italy
Geographic coordinates44°42′00″N 8°02′10″E / 44.700°N 8.036°E / 44.700; 8.036
Architecture
StyleRomanesque original, overlaid by Lombardo-Gothic and extensive 19th-century reconstructions
MaterialsRed brick

Alba Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di San Lorenzo; Duomo di Alba) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Alba, province of Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy, dedicated to Saint Lawrence. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Alba (otherwise Alba Pompeia).

It is a Romanesque building located in the Piazza del Risorgimento, better known as Piazza Duomo ("cathedral plaza"), amidst cobbled streets.[1]

  1. ^ Simonis, Damien (2008). Italy (8 ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 229. ISBN 978-1-74104-311-2. Cattedrale di San Lorenzo Duomo di Alba.