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