Cathedral of Salò

The Cathedral, and the square in front of it, put each yaer thousands of tourists up. The denomination of Cathedral is not clerically justified but it is believed that the name derives from the ambition of Salò, which wanted to declare not only its political but also its religious supremacy in the Magnifica Patria, of which it was the capital from 1337 to 1797.

The design is of Filippo delle Vacche. The style is neo-gothic with some Renassance particulars. The external rough façade has three portals. The high portal was realized from 1506 to 1509 following the example of the model of the Certosa of Pavia. The two lateral smaller portals have a gothic style of the fifteenth century. Inside the church is divided into three cross aisles.

It contains many important paintings, such as the “Martirio di santa Giustina” of the Bertanza, works of the Celesti and of the Turrini and frescos. There is also an old organ made by Giacomo Antegnati with carving of B. Otello da Salò.
Free entrance.

INFO: +39 0365 521700

www.parrocchiadisalo.it