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{{More inline|date=January 2023}}[[File:Avellino3.JPG|thumb|West front]]
'''Avellino Cathedral''' ({{
== History ==
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=== Exterior ===
The classical façade in white and grey marble, following 16th-century conventions, is divided into two levels by a cornice. In the lower level, divided into five
The Baroque access stairway and the arrangement of the piazza in front of the cathedral are the work of Bishop Martinez at the end of the 17th century.
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On the walls, below the cornice, are two paintings by Achille Iovine showing the [[Holy Family]], to the left, and Saint [[Lawrence the Martyr]] to the right; there are in addition four niches containing [[gesso]] statues of the [[Four Evangelists]]. Above the cornice are five paintings by Angelo Michele Ricciardi of saints: Saint [[Francis Xavier]], Saint [[Charles Borromeo]], Saint [[Andrea Avellino]], Saint Modestinus and Saint [[Gaetano Thiene]].
Off the transept are two chapels alongside the presbytery. To the north is the Chapel of Saint Modestinus, otherwise known as the Chapel of the Treasure of Saint Modestinus ({{
To the south is the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, so called because it contains a bas relief of the [[Trinity]] of the mid-16th century.
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