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Melfi (Basilicata). Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (1076). Internal. The interior of the Cathedral, summarily represented in four images, houses a collection of Baroque wooden furnishings. The pulpit is an eighteenth-century work in gilded wood, with a spire supported by two angels; the base panels decorated on the sides with vases and golden flowers; in the center the initials of interlaced letters A.S.V.D.M. (Antonio Spinelli bishop of Melfi) and a base bearing the gilded wooden sculptures of the symbols of the four evangelists. The building is on a Latin cross plan and is divided into three naves. The central one shows among other things the episcopal seat, the altar and the eighteenth century coffered ceiling, carved and embossed, colored with chimiento (mixture of lead and arsenic with the pictorial effect of gold), made by Neapolitan craftsmen. The other two images: seventeenth century reliquary in polychrome marble of Sant'Alessandro martire, patron saint of the city. It contains glass showcases divided into compartments with the bust of the saint in the center and other relics of martyr saints. A baptismal font dating back to 1935, it basically serves as a holy water font and is placed in the ancient chapel of Saints John the Baptist and the Evangelist; red granite baptistery and wooden doors with the inlaid depiction of the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan. Melfi was the site of six councils in the 12th century, one of which was not recognized by the Church (organized by the antipope Anacleto II). #internal #mariaassunta #melfi #basilicata #baroque #cathedral #pulpit #symbols #evangelists #eagle #coffered #chimiento #craftsmen #patron #baptismalfont #travel #traveling #visiting #instatravel #travelling #tourism #instatraveling #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #massimopistis #sovVERSIvi #ilmiolibro #estremisti #alettieditore Information for the purchase of my new book "Estremisti!": the book at a cost of 12.00 euros (120 pages), can be ordered in bookstores (ISBN 978-88-591-5719-9 - Publisher Aletti) or online on the page http://www.alettieditore.it/emersi/2019/pistis.html from the link below. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5qcdqDoALl/?igshid=owkwy9mml31p