Parma - Cathedral

On the east side of the Piazza del Duomo in Parma is the cathedral, a Romanesque pillared basilica dating from the 12th century, whose wide facade forms an impressive group with the adjoining campanile (63m/208ft high) of 1284-94. In the dome is a huge fresco of the "Assumption of the Virgin" by Correggio (1526-30). In the south transept is a relief by Benedetto Antelami of the "Descent from the Cross" (1178), originally on a pulpit. In the crypt are some beautiful pillars and early Christian floor mosaics.