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Santa Sofia, Benevento
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santa Sofia’s is a church in
Benevento, southern Italy, one of the
main surviving examples of Lombard
architecture.
In 2011, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site
as part of a group of seven...
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Santa Sofia, Benevento
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santa Sofia’s is a church in
Benevento, southern Italy, one of the
main surviving examples of Lombard
architecture.
In 2011, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site
as part of a group of seven inscribed as
“Longobards in Italy.
Places of the power (568774 A.
D.
)”.
History of Santa Sofia’s
The church was founded by the
Lombard Arechi II of Benevento
around 760, as testified by
numerous documents signed by
him, some of which are in the Museo
del Sannio (Museum of Samnium)
next to the church.
The building was built on imitation
of the Palatine Chapel of the
Lombard king Liutprand in Pavia
and, after the defeat of Desiderius
by Charlemagne and the fall of the
Lombard kingdom in northern Italy
(774), it became the national church
of the Lombard who had taken
shelter in the Dukedom of
Benevento.
The church was part of a large
program of construction which
would legitimate Arechi s claim as
the highest Lombard authority, afte
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