{"id":22710,"date":"2020-11-30T11:10:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/la-cupola-del-guercino-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T13:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:10:03","slug":"la-cupola-del-guercino-2","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/la-cupola-del-guercino-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Guercino\u2019s Dome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guercino’s Dome, painted by one of the greatest Emilian artists of all time, is located inside Piacenza Cathedral<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as il Guercino<\/strong>, was born in Cento in 1591 and lived most of his life in Bologna. The Emilian artist is a figure with few folkloric traits-if it were not for that squint that delivered him the nickname by which we know him-but not unloved by the general public.<\/p>\n

In Piacenza Guercino produced one of his masterpieces, frescoing the dome of the cathedral between 1626 and 1627. It is a monumental, far-reaching work.
\nHere Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli known as Morazzone<\/strong> began painting the Prophets in 1625, but died after completing only the first two segments. In 1626 Guercino succeeded him. He completed the other six compartments of the dome (the prophets Haggai, Hosea, Zechariah, Ezekiel, Micah, Jeremiah), the lunettes in which episodes from Jesus’ childhood alternate with eight fascinating Sibyls, and the frieze of the tamburo.<\/p>\n

Since from below the frescoes stand out so far away that it becomes almost impossible to appreciate them properly, in order to enhance and make the prophets and sibyls more approachable, an elevated ascent inside the dome was made on the occasion of the Guercino in Piacenza<\/strong> event, which remains usable to this day.<\/p>\n

Practical information:<\/strong>
\nMaximum height of the path (dome): 27 meters
\nNumber of steps going up: 136.<\/p>\n

Access for the ascent to the dome is located at 7 Prevostura Street, at the back of the Cathedral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dome of \u00a0the Cathedral is decorated by an extraordinary series of frescoes painted by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri \u2013 Cento, FE, 1591 \u2013 Bologna, 1666), between 1626 and 1627. The visitors will have the opportunity to climb up the inside of the Cathedral\u2019s dome to look closely at the six units frescoed with the images of prophets: Haggai, Hosea, Zechariah, Ezekiel, Micaiah, Geremiah, the lunettes about the episodes of Jesus\u2019s childhood \u2013 Announcement to the shepherds, Adoration of the shepherds, Presentation in the temple, The flight into Egypt \u2013 the portrait of eight Sibyls and the frieze on the dome tambour.\u00a0 It is possible up to the Dome to admire the GUERCINO\u2019S FRESCOES through a path of 136 steps. The entrance to go up to the dome is in via Prevostura 7, on the back of the Cathedral.\u00a0","protected":false},"featured_media":17768,"template":"","territorio":[939],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[923],"class_list":["post-22710","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","territorio-piacenza-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-monuments-squares-and-palaces"],"acf":{"location":{"lat":"45.0507919","lng":"9.69737888751217","address":"Piazza Duomo Piacenza"},"contatti_iat":[{"contatto_iat":"telephone","valore":"Info:+39.331.4606435"},{"contatto_iat":"email","valore":"cattedralepiacenza@gmail.com"},{"contatto_iat":"website","valore":"https:\/\/piacenzapace.it\/davedere\/salita-alla-cupola-del-guercino-piacenza\/"}],"orario":"

Weekday Hours:
\nFor ascent to the dome check the schedule on the website. Closed Mondays<\/p>\n

Weekend:
\nthe tours start at 3,4,5 pm<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n","tariffe":"

Admission prices:
\nTickets: full 10,00 euros<\/p>\n

Reduced prices:
\n reduced and groups 8,00 euros, reduced school groups 5,00 euros
\nSpecial price for the visit of two domes the Cathedral one and the one of Santa maria di Campagna.<\/p>\n","accessibilita_disabili":"","chiusura_settimanale":"","iat":30186,"localita":33156},"yoast_head":"\nGuercino's Dome - Visit Piacenza<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Guercino's Dome - in Piacenza Cathedral - dates back to 1626\/1627. Today it can be visited thanks to a special tour.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/la-cupola-del-guercino-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guercino's Dome - Visit Piacenza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Guercino's Dome - in Piacenza Cathedral - dates back to 1626\/1627. 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