Parma Cathedral
Guide
Photo: Norbert Nagel · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeChurchAllow 20–40 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A Romanesque cathedral whose dome is painted with Correggio's Assumption: a whirl of figures rising into the light. Look for Antelami's carved Deposition too.
A brief history
Consecrated in 1106; Correggio painted the dome in the 1520s, and one critic called it 'a hash of frogs'.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning, when the dome is lit
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 20–40 min
- Free days
- Always free
- Hours
- Usually open daily (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Piazza Duomo: The cathedral and the pink marble baptistery.
- Dress code
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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