• The
Rossano Cathedral (,
Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Achiropita), built in 11th century, with massive interventions in the 18th–19th centuries, is the main historical building of Rossano. It has a nave with two aisles, and three apses. The bell tower and the baptismal font are from the 14th century, while the remaining decorations are from the 17th and 18th centuries. The church is famous for the ancient image of the
Madonna acheropita ("Madonna not made by hands"), now located in the Diocesan Museum, probably dating between 580 and the first half of the eighth century. In 1879, the famous
Codex Rossanensis was discovered in the sacristy. It is a Greek parchment manuscript of Matthew and Mark, written in silver on purple-stained parchment, and is one of the oldest pictorial Gospels known. Scholars date the codex from the end of the fifth to the eighth or ninth century; it is probably of Alexandrian origin. •
Chiesa della Panaghia, an example of Byzantine architecture, with traces of frescoes portraying
John Chrysostomos. • Chiesa di San Nilo. • The
Oratory of Saint Mark (10th century, originally dedicated to St. Anastasia) is the most ancient monument of the city and one of the best preserved Byzantine churches in Italy. • The church of
Santa Chiara (1546–1554) was built by Bona Sforza. • The church of ''San Francesco d'Assisi'' has a notable Renaissance portal and a cloister. • The late-Gothic church of
San Bernardino (1428–62) was the first Roman Catholic church in Rossano. It houses the sepulchre of Oliverio di Somma (1536) and a seventeenth-century wooden crucifix. • Rossano is also the home of the internationally renowned annual Marco Fiume Blues Passion, a free three-day open air blues/jazz festival named after a native son who was becoming a giant in the American blues/jazz guitar world before his early demise. The festival occurs in July and is linked to the Cognac Blues Festival in France. Outside the city are: • The
Torre Stellata ("Star Tower") is a 16th-century fortification built over an ancient fortress. • The
Abbazia del Patire (11th–12th century), an abbey located in a wood outside the city, with some Arab-style mosaics, a Norman apse and ancient portals. • Rossano also has a unique peculiarity: mountains and sea just a short distance away: from the beach of San. Angelo you can go trekking in the municipal mountains, with free access, of the Albanian cugnale, of the Pathirion up to S. Onofrio. • Rossano is thriving with municipal chestnut groves: anyone can go to pick chestnuts. Furthermore, there are hectares of pine nut forests with free access and harvesting. • In Rossano there are detached sections of national universities: UniCusano, UniPegaso and UniCampus etc.; with the possibility of choosing different degree courses: law, psychology, etc. ==Transportation==