The Duomo Nuovo (New Cathedral) is Brescia's main cathedral, a vast baroque structure whose construction began in 1604 and was not completed until 1825 — more than two centuries of building. The result is imposing rather than harmonious: the dome (72 metres high) dominates the skyline, but the facade was never finished to the original design and has an awkward, incomplete look.
Inside, the scale is impressive: the nave is over 100 metres long, and the marble decoration is extensive. The cathedral houses paintings by Moretto da Brescia, the city's most important 16th-century painter, and by Romanino and Titian. The most curious feature is the relationship with its Romanesque neighbour, the Duomo Vecchio — the two cathedrals stand side by side on the same piazza, the old one having been simply left standing rather than demolished when the new one was built.