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===Religious buildings=== *[[L'Aquila Cathedral]]: main church dedicated to Saint [[Maximus of Aveia]] (San Massimo), was built in the 13th century, but razed after the 1703 earthquake. The most recent façade dated from the 19th century, but the earthquake of 2009 and subsequent aftershocks collapsed parts of the [[transept]] and possibly more of the cathedral. *[[Basilica of San Bernardino]] (1472): church has a fine [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]] façade by [[Nicola Filotesio]] (commonly called Cola dell'Amatrice), and contains the monumental tomb of the saint (1480), decorated with sculptures, and executed by Silvestro Ariscola.<ref name="EB1911"/> *[[Santa Maria di Collemaggio]]: church just outside the town, has a very fine, but simple, Romanesque façade (1270–1280) in red and white marble, with three decorated portals and a rose-window above each. The two side doors are also fine. The interior contains the mausoleum of [[Pope Celestine V]] erected in 1517.<ref name="EB1911"/> *[[Santa Giusta (L'Aquila)|Santa Giusta]]: Romanesque façade with Gothic rose window *[[San Silvestro, L'Aquila|San Silvestro]]: 14th-century Romanesque façade with Gothic rose window *[[Santi Marciano e Nicandro, L'Aquila|Chiesa dei Santi Marciano e Nicandro]]: a 13th century church
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