Decorated capital in the crypt of a Romanesque-Apulian cathedral begun in 1099, the Cattedrale di San Nicola Pellegrino or Basilica cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, at Trani on the Adriatic coast in Puglia (Apulia), Italy.
Trani, Province of Barletta, Puglia (Apulia), Italy: decorated capital in the cripta di San Nicola Pellegrino, the crypt of Trani Cathedral, the Cattedrale di San Nicola Pellegrino or Basilica cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta. The cripta di San Nicola Pellegrino, intended to house the relics of San Nicola, has a vaulted ceiling supported by 28 marble columns with intricately carved capitals, almost all Corinthian or Byzantine. Trani Cathedral stands on the site of an earlier church, documented since the 800s and dedicated to the Virgin. All that remains of the earlier church is an underground chapel dedicated to the protobishop of Brindisi, San Leucio, and some pieces of mosaic flooring. A larger church, the current Romanesque-Apulian Cattedrale San Nicola Pellegrino, was begun in 1099 and dedicated to Saint Peregrinus (Nicola Pellegrino), a young Greek pilgrim who died at Trani. Below the cathedral and entered via an archway under the cathedral’s porch is the crypt or church of Santa Maria della Scala, divided into three aisles by Roman columns, where - unlike the crypt of San Nicola - the capitals are unremarkable. Trani, a town with a small harbour and important centre of the wine trade, is located on the Adriatic coast in south east Italy. It was founded by the Romans and later dominated by the Byzantine Empire and Lombards. It flourished under the Normans and Swabian (Hohenstaufen) kings of Sicily as a result of trade with the Middle East. The medieval part of the town includes the castle, built 1233 - 1249 by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, the 1100s Ognissanti Church of the Knights Templar, and the cathedral.
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