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Altar of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple.
The altar was erected in 1468 and the bas-relief is made of Bitonto stone.
On the upper floor there are three prophecies.
The Virgin Mary is depicted on the central floor as she enters the Temple, received by the High Priest and below there is a procession bearing votive offerings.
On the lower floor there is the presence of an old pilgrim, kneeling at the stairway.
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta – built by the Normans in 11th-12th centuries - is one of the most important monuments of Gravina.
Destroyed by fires and earthquakes in the mid-15th century, it was refurbished in Renessaince - Romanesque style.
It houses a splendid reliquary of an arm of the English saint Thomas Becket (1119-1170).
In August 1993 Pope John Paul II granted Gravina Cathedral the status of a minor basilica.
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