Gallipoli Cathedral

The Gallipoli Cathedral, formally the Co-Cathedral Basilica of Saint Agatha the Virgin (Italian: Basilica Concattedrale di Sant'Agata Vergine), is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Gallipoli in Apulia, Italy.

Completed in 1696, the Baroque church is a minor basilica and the co-cathedral of the Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli.

[1] The Baroque facade of the cathedral was designed by Giuseppe Zimbalo,[2] Francesco Bischetini, and Scipione Lachibari.

[4] The interior is ornamented by paintings by Giovanni Andrea Coppola, a painter native to Gallipoli.

[1] Nicolò Malinconico painted the frescoes on the walls and in the cupola, which depicts the martyrdom of Saint Agatha.

/ Αυθις δε πει[σθεις τη προ]θυμια παση / Μαγι[.

]ου πατρωνος αμα και θυτου, / κυρις καθυφιζανεν ευσεβοφρον(ως) / Παντολεων Προεδρος τουδε του θρονου.

os, patron and priest, lord bishop Pantoleon, holder of this throne, sits with great piety.