Cerignola - Cattedrale di San Pietro Apostolo

Cerinogla was a municipium at the time of the Roman Empire. Re-founded by the Normans, in the Middle Ages it became part of the Kingdom of Naples and from 1418 it was the feudal property of the Caracciolo family for several centuries.

In 1503 the city was the scene of the struggle between the French and the Spanish for the possession of the Kingdom of Naples. The "Battle of Cerignola" saw the victory of the Spaniards, so that the Kingdom of Naples became Spanish.

Since the previous cathedral was no longer sufficient for the population of Cerignola at the beginning of the 19th century, a new church was to be built. After the rich fellow citizen Paolo Tonti had bequeathed his fortune to the city in 1855 for the construction of the new cathedral (that's why many call it "Duomo Tonti"), the construction of the neo-Gothic cathedral was finally started in 1873. Work progressed slowly and in 1934 the inauguration was celebrated.