The Cattedrale Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria was rebuilt after the devastating 1908 earthquake in a Romanesque Revival style, and consecrated in 1928. It stands on Corso Garibaldi in the centre of the reconstructed city, its twin towers and rose window marking the ecclesiastical heart of what is the southernmost archdiocese on the Italian mainland.
The interior is spacious and relatively austere by Italian cathedral standards — the rebuilding prioritised structural soundness over decorative elaboration, though the apse and some side chapels carry artwork of genuine quality. The cathedral contains the remains of Saint Stephen of Nicea, a reliquary that has been venerated in Reggio since the Byzantine period. Worth a brief visit, but the museum is the real priority.