The cathedral of San Feliciano in Foligno. Transformations from the 16th to the 19th century
The article traces the salient transformations that the medieval church faced in about four centuries.
Dramatic events occurred such as the collapse of a vault in 1513, during the construction works conducted
by “Cola Matteucci da Caprarola”.
The municipality of Foligno approved in 1525 a model by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger; then the
dome was built in the years 1543-1549 with a project by “Giuliano di Baccio da Firenze” and under the
direction of “Filippo Delli Salvi da Como”.
In 1731 the architect Barigioni presented a renovation design, to solve the problem of the slanted plan of
the north wing of the transept. However the intervention of Luigi Vanvitelli in 1754 and the subsequent one by Piermarini were then decisive: we owe to the first one the overall design of the church, to the other
the detailed information for the construction.
