Taranto Cathedral
Taranto's Cathedral of San Cataldo developed through several building phases. Its transept, choir and underlying crypt date from the late tenth century. A three-aisled basilical nave was added around 1071, with columns partly reusing material from ancient buildings; its mosaic pavement was completed in 1160.
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Taranto's Cathedral of San Cataldo developed through several building phases. Its transept, choir and underlying crypt date from the late tenth century. A three-aisled basilical nave was added around 1071, with columns partly reusing material from ancient buildings; its mosaic pavement was completed in 1160.
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Editorial interpretation: Read the cathedral as an accumulation of structures rather than a single building campaign. The relationship between crypt, eastern arm and nave offers a clear framework for considering how additions changed the church over time.
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