CATHEDRAL OF ORBETELLO

Dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta, the Cathedral is the main church of Orbetello, perhaps built on the ruins of an Etruscan-Roman temple and renovated in 1375 in Gothic-Tuscan style. The church is preceded by a short staircase that overlooks Piazza della Repubblica. The facade is in Gothic style, while inside are preserved various works of art among which stand out some fifteenth-century frescoes and works of the Baroque period. The altar with its broken tympanum is particularly elaborate, with the bust of San Biagio in relief in the centre. On the sides of the altar are two refined wall-mounted cabinets designed to hold the relics. In 1974 the Cathedral suffered two fires, at the (very short) distance of 7 months from each other, which caused numerous damages to the Chapel of San Biagio and the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament.
It was probably two arson fires, since the first, developed on February 11, coincided with the anniversary of the Reconciliation between Church and State.


OTHER RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURES

Church of the Madonna delle Grazie, built in the thirteenth century, houses inside some valuable frescoes of the fifteenth century;
Church of San Francesco da Paola, of the Spanish era, is characterized by the sixteenth-century facade that evokes many Spanish stylistic elements;
Church of San Giuseppe, with its characteristic façade in Renaissance style;
Church of Sant'Antonio, deconsecrated;
Monastery of Sant'Angelo Rovinato, located on a hill in the hinterland of Orbetello, is in the form of ruins. The religious building was built as a Benedictine monastery in medieval times, during which it was to have great importance in the area.