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Padua Cathedral - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the alternative name for Padua Cathedral?
A) Duomo di San Marco
B) Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua
C) Basilica Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption
D) Cathedral of Saint Giustina
  • 2. In which Italian city is Padua Cathedral located?
A) Venice
B) Milan
C) Verona
D) Padua
  • 3. Which region of Italy is Padua located in?
A) Tuscany
B) Veneto
C) Lombardy
D) Piedmont
  • 4. What is the specific location of the cathedral in Padua?
A) West end of Piazza San Marco
B) South end of Piazza delle Erbe
C) East end of Piazza Duomo
D) Center of Piazza dei Signori
  • 5. What building is adjacent to Padua Cathedral?
A) The bishop's palace
B) The civic museum
C) The university library
D) The town hall
  • 6. To whom is the cathedral dedicated?
A) Saint Mark
B) Saint Giustina
C) Assumption of the Virgin Mary
D) Saint Anthony
  • 7. Whose seat is located at the cathedral?
A) Bishop of Verona
B) Archbishop of Venice
C) Patriarch of Aquileia
D) Bishop of Padua
  • 8. In which century was the first cathedral erected on the site?
A) 3rd century
B) 6th century
C) 5th century
D) 4th century
  • 9. How many total building structures have been built on the cathedral's site?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Three
D) Two
  • 10. When was the first cathedral erected in relation to historical events?
A) After the Edict of Milan in 313
B) During the Lombard invasion in 568
C) Before the Edict of Milan in 300
D) After the fall of the Roman Empire in 476
  • 11. What event destroyed the first cathedral on January 3, 1117?
A) A foreign invasion
B) A severe flood
C) A massive fire
D) An earthquake
  • 12. In what style was the second cathedral rebuilt after the earthquake?
A) Baroque
B) Gothic
C) Renaissance
D) Romanesque
  • 13. Where can the appearance of the medieval Romanesque church be seen?
A) In frescoes by Giusto de' Menabuoi in the adjoining baptistery
B) In historical manuscripts kept in the university
C) In paintings inside the bishop's palace
D) On ancient coins found during excavations
  • 14. During which century does the current cathedral building date from?
A) Seventeenth century
B) Sixteenth century
C) Fifteenth century
D) Fourteenth century
  • 15. Whom was the design of the current building mistakenly attributed to in the past?
A) Michelangelo
B) Donatello
C) Andrea Palladio
D) Giotto
  • 16. Who actually performed the reconstruction of the current cathedral building?
A) Andrea della Valle and Agostino Righetto
B) Giusto de' Menabuoi and Bishop Olderico
C) The University of Padua archaeologists
D) Bishop Tricidio and San Gregorio Barbarigo
  • 17. In what year did construction begin on the new Renaissance cathedral building?
A) 1117
B) 1515
C) 1551
D) 1754
  • 18. In what year was the construction of the Renaissance building finally completed?
A) 1754
B) 1800
C) 1117
D) 1551
  • 19. Which part of the cathedral was left unfinished after its completion in 1754?
A) The apse
B) The crypt
C) The dome
D) The façade
  • 20. What bodies are allowed for veneration in the cathedral?
A) San Daniele, San Giustina and San Gregorio
B) San Daniele, San Leonino and San Gregorio Barbarigo
C) San Massimo, San Prosdocimo and San Bellino
D) San Giustina, San Antonio and San Marco
  • 21. According to tradition, what was the first cathedral dedicated to?
A) San Daniele
B) San Gregorio Barbarigo
C) Santa Maria Assunta
D) Santa Giustina
  • 22. What marks the location of the first cathedral in the current churchyard?
A) An excavation trench
B) A marble fountain
C) A pillar of stone surmounted by a cross
D) A bronze statue of Bishop Tricidio
  • 23. During which restoration years was the Episcopal see of Patavium joined to that of Santa Maria?
A) Ca 462 or 602
B) Ca 899 or 900
C) Ca 1117 or 1150
D) Ca 313 or 500
  • 24. Who restored the cathedral in 620?
A) Bishop Tricidio
B) Agostino Righetto
C) Andrea della Valle
D) Bishop Olderico
  • 25. Why was the cathedral rebuilt between 899 and 900?
A) Due to an earthquake
B) Due to structural rot
C) Due to a war
D) Due to a fire
  • 26. Who consecrated the new cathedral on the ruins of the previous church in 1075?
A) Bishop Tricidio
B) The Bishop Olderico
C) Giusto de' Menabuoi
D) Michelangelo
  • 27. Where do later historians suppose the facade was located for the 1075 cathedral church?
A) To the west
B) To the north
C) To the south
D) To the east
  • 28. Where is Bishop Tricidio buried?
A) In the north-east corner of the churchyard
B) In the bishop's palace
C) In a crypt under the apse
D) In the baptistery
  • 29. How was Bishop Tricidio's tombstone discovered?
A) During the excavation of the foundations
B) By archaeologists in 2012 inside the tower
C) During the restoration of the baptistery
D) By Giusto de' Menabuoi while painting frescoes
  • 30. Which institution conducted excavation and research around the cathedral between 2011 and 2012?
A) University of Milan
B) University of Padua
C) University of Venice
D) University of Verona
  • 31. Which department of the University of Padua performed the 2011-2012 excavations?
A) Chair of Ancient History
B) Department of Architecture
C) Faculty of Theology
D) Chair of Medieval Archeology
  • 32. What architectural find was discovered in the north-east corner of the churchyard from the 2011-2012 excavations?
A) A Romanesque crypt
B) The main altar of the first cathedral
C) The base of a tower with a square plan
D) The original west facade
  • 33. What are the dimensions of the square tower base found in the churchyard?
A) 10x10 metres (33x33 ft.)
B) 5x5 metres (16x16 ft.)
C) 15x15 metres (49x49 ft.)
D) 20x20 metres (65x65 ft.)
  • 34. What style and period does the tower base found in the north-east corner belong to?
A) Gothic style from the 13th century
B) Renaissance style from the 16th century
C) Romanesque style from between the 10th and 12th century
D) Paleochristian style from the 4th century
  • 35. What did the excavations find north of the baptistery?
A) A collection of Renaissance statues
B) The foundations of the 1754 facade
C) A series of mosaic pavements from the fourth and the fifth centuries
D) The tomb of Bishop Olderico
  • 36. What type of stone container for relics was among the archaeological finds?
A) A sarcophagus
B) A reliquary chest
C) An amphora
D) An urn
  • 37. What altar dating from the fifth or sixth century was discovered during excavations?
A) An altar built by Bishop Tricidio
B) An altar dedicated to San Daniele
C) A Romanesque marble altar
D) A Lacerta altar
  • 38. How many individual graves were found among the archaeological finds?
A) 56 individuals
B) 33 individuals
C) 10 individuals
D) 100 individuals
  • 39. What traces of workshops from the Longobard age were found?
A) Stone-cutting workshops
B) Home workshops
C) Mosaic tile workshops
D) Metal smelting workshops
  • 40. What is the ecclesiastical rank of Padua Cathedral besides being a cathedral?
A) Cathedral church only
B) Major basilica
C) Chapel of ease
D) Minor basilica
  • 41. Who was the architect of the cathedral erected after the 1117 earthquake?
A) Olderico
B) Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti
C) Michelangelo Buonarroti
D) Macillo
  • 42. On what date was the cathedral built by Macillo consecrated?
A) 24 April 1180
B) 6 May 1522
C) 14 April 1582
D) 25 August 1754
  • 43. In what year was the campanile of the cathedral rebuilt?
A) 1399
B) 1117
C) 1227
D) 1522
  • 44. When was the first stone of the new presbytery blessed and placed?
A) 2 January 1551
B) 6 May 1522
C) 24 April 1180
D) 14 April 1582
  • 45. Who blessed and placed the first stone in the foundation of the new presbytery?
A) Cardinal Francis Pisani
B) Michelangelo Buonarroti
C) Bishop Peter Barozzi
D) John Glory
  • 46. Whose model for the presbytery was replaced by Michelangelo's design?
A) Olderico
B) John Glory
C) Macillo
D) Jacopo Sansovino
  • 47. Around what year was the construction of the right arm of the transept begun?
A) 1756
B) 1693
C) 1551
D) 1635
  • 48. In what year was the left side of the transept begun?
A) 1635
B) 1754
C) 1522
D) 1693
  • 49. In what year did construction of the dome begin?
A) 1693
B) 1635
C) 1754
D) 1756
  • 50. What material covers the dome of the Glory?
A) Copper
B) Slate
C) Lead
D) Gold leaf
  • 51. In what year is the Roman era plaque on the bell tower referenced in the history of Padua?
A) 49 B.C.
B) 1760
C) 1375
D) 1281
  • 52. What order of columns supports the great classic pediment on the facade?
A) Doric order
B) Composite order
C) Corinthian order
D) Ionic order
  • 53. What damaged the upper part of the facade during the First World War?
A) A fire
B) A bomb
C) An earthquake
D) Lightning
  • 54. What feature was created in the facade during restoration work following war damage?
A) A carriage entrance
B) A second construction ramp
C) An airy atrium
D) A small rose opening
  • 55. How many large elliptical domes does the central nave have?
A) One
B) Four
C) Two
D) Three
  • 56. What type of dome rises over the crossing?
A) Small rose dome
B) Elliptical dome
C) Large circular dome
D) Octagonal lead dome
  • 57. In what year was the altar in the first chapel on the right donated by the shoemakers' guild?
A) 1788
B) 1809
C) 1281
D) 1760
  • 58. Who painted the altarpiece in the first chapel depicting Pius X as a seminarian?
A) Giovanni Battista Mengardi
B) Alessandro Varotari
C) Alessandro Galvano
D) Dionisio Gardini
  • 59. Who painted the original canvas of the Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispiniano?
A) Giovanni Battista Mengardi
B) R. Mulata
C) Felice Chiereghin
D) Giovanni Battista Bissoni
  • 60. Who painted the altarpiece depicting the Martyrdom of San Lorenzo in the second chapel?
A) Dionisio Gardini
B) Giusto de Menabuoi
C) Gerolamo Frigimelica
D) Alessandro Galvano
  • 61. Who sculpted the 1788 white marble statue of Bishop Nicholas Antonio Giustiniani?
A) Girolamo Campagna
B) Felice Chiereghin
C) Alessandro Varotari
D) R. Mulata
  • 62. Who is attributed with painting the altarpiece of the Virgin and saints in the San Lorenzo Giustiniani chapel?
A) Alessandro Galvano
B) Giovanni Battista Bissoni
C) Alessandro Varotari "the Padovanino"
D) Dionisio Gardini
  • 63. Who created the modern representation of the Sacred Heart that replaced San Carlo Borromeo?
A) Felice Chiereghin
B) R. Mulata
C) Giovanni Battista Bissoni
D) Girolamo Campagna
  • 64. Who sculpted the two monuments located in the porch of the gate to the rectory?
A) Dionisio Gardini
B) Felice Chiereghin
C) Girolamo Campagna
D) Gerolamo Frigimelica
  • 65. Whose monument is on the left side in the porch of the gate to the rectory?
A) San Leolino
B) Giulia Speroni
C) Bishop Nicholas Antonio Giustiniani
D) Sperone Speroni
  • 66. Whose monument is on the right side in the porch of the gate to the rectory?
A) Giulia Speroni
B) Sperone Speroni
C) Pius X
D) San Lorenzo Giustiniani
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