Experts' Choice Award Basilica San Lorenzo Maggiore
5 expert reviews
“The touching simplicity of this early Christian basilica with its central dome and squat towers managed to survive a substantial reconstruction in the 16th century.”
– Lonely Planet
Fodor's "Sixteen ancient Roman columns line the front of this sanctuary; 4th-century paleo-Christian mosaics survive in the Cappella di Sant'Aquilino (Chapel of Saint Aquilinus)." Full review
Time Out "Built at the end of the fourth century, San Lorenzo is one of the oldest centrally planned churches, and may have been the chapel of the imperial Roman palace." Full review
Frommer's "The oldest church in Milan attests to the days when the city was the capital of the Western Roman Empire." Full review
Lonely Planet "It's difficult not to be bowled over by this oft-ignored hotchpotch of towers, lodges, apses and domes." Full review
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