The Cathedral of San Lorenzo is the most important Catholic place of worship in the city of Genoa, the metropolitan cathedral of the archdiocese of the same name.
It was consecrated to the saint in 1118 by Pope Gelasius II when it was not yet completed and the facade was missing.
The church of S. Lorenzo assumed the role of cathedral of Genoa after 878, the year in which the relics of St. Romulus were moved there.
Begun in 1099, the current building was completed around 1133, when Innocent II raised the diocese to the status of metropolitan.
Between 1222 and 1296 an earthquake and a building require the substantial reconstruction of the inner part and the façade which was rebuilt in front of the old at the beginning of the 14th century.
In the second half of the seventeenth century the barrel vault of the nave and the reconstruction of the choir were finally carried out.
Cathedral of San Lorenzo
Address: Piazza San Lorenzo
Phone: 010 265786
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Paola Bonometti