Como Cathedral, Gothic cathedral in Como, Italy.

Como Cathedral, also called Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, is a Catholic cathedral in the historic center of the city on Lake Como. Its interior displays three naves arranged in a cross shape, decorated with chapels, altars and artworks from different eras.

Construction began in 1396 on the site of the Romanesque Santa Maria Maggiore, which had become too small and was damaged by lake floods; the merchants' guild and Duke Gian Galeazzo Visconti, who gave a hundred gold coins, helped fund it. Lorenzo degli Spazzi directed the late Gothic project, and Tommaso Rodari designed the presbytery from 1487. The dome by Filippo Juvarra was finished in 1740, not 1770, and Giulio Galliori remodelled it thirty years later.

The name Santa Maria Assunta refers to the Assumption of Mary, a central feast in Catholic liturgy. Today the building continues to serve as an active episcopal church and place for worship attended by locals and visitors alike.

Access is through the main portal on the west facade, which leads directly into the central nave. Visitors can explore the chapels along the side aisles or join guided tours that offer deeper insights.

The west front, built between 1457 and 1498, has a rose window and a portal flanked by statues of Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger, both natives of Como. The dome above the crossing was completed in 1740 to a design by Filippo Juvarra, after Carlo Fontana had proposed three projects in 1688.