Novara - Cathedral

Novara is surrounded by a ring of attractive boulevards on the line of the old fortifications. In the center of the town, in the arcaded Via Fratelli Rosselli, stands the cathedral, built between 1865 and 1869 in place of an earlier church. The relief on the main altar is by Thorwaldsen. It has an attractive cloister, entered from the south aisle. There is an important museum, the Museo Lapidario and to the west of the cathedral, opposite the imposing entrance court is a fifth century baptistery, with 10th century frescoes.