The Noble Sobriety of the Romanesque Style in the Cattedrale di Aosta

The style of the Cattedrale of Aosta is consistent with everything else about Aosta: rugged, hearty, unsophisticated, resilient, stunning, completely in tuned with the environment, completely in tuned with the character of its people.

 

The 44 meter high Romanic period

belltower of the Cattedrale della Assunta

 in Aosta.

The huge Romanic bell towers were

initially part of the defensive wall of

medieval Aosta 

The Gothic beamed vault of the

Cattedrale di Aosta

Hand carved chorus of the Cattedrale. Wood carving and

outstanding woodwork is everywhere to be seen in Aosta

The archway between the main altar of the church and the

main aisle was a common feature of late medieval architecture

Pulpit of the church.