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The Cathedral of Modena is the primary church of the city and of the Modena-Nonantola Archdiocese. A Romanesque masterpiece, it was built by the architect Lanfranco on the burial site of St Geminianus, patron saint of Modena, where two churches had previously stood from the 5th century. In the cathedral crypt are two relics of the saint, preserved in a simple 4th-century urn covered by a stone slab and supported by expropriated columns. The sarcophagus, preserved in a glass case, is opened each year on the saint's feast day, 31 January. The saint's remains, clothed in Bishop's attire with the pastoral set beside him, are displayed for the devotion of the faithful. Beside the cathedral stands the bell-tower known as the Ghirlandina. The Cathedral… More