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Basilica of Saint Fedele

Basilica of Saint Fedele

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Basilica of Saint Fedele

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Location: Como, Lombardy, Italy

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December 6, 2023

The Basilica of San Fedele is a Romanesque church and was built in its current style at the beginning of the 12th century. Before that, an old Christian church from the 7th century stood here. It is located in the center of the old town. There are also numerous places to stop for refreshments and many shops here.

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Matto

November 1, 2021

The magnificent Romanesque basilica stands in the suggestive Piazza San Fedele, which in the Middle Ages was the center of urban trade and the home of the grain market. This area of the city presents itself with a very rich historical and archaeological stratification, and this was what the original episcopal center of Como insisted on.

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Karsten S.

September 14, 2020

The Romanesque Basilica San Fedele dates back to the 12th century and is located on the piazza of the same name, where the grain market used to take place. It is lined with residential buildings to the left and right. You cannot go around the basilica, but have to look at the facade in the parallel street.

The neo-Romanesque main facade of the church with the dwarf gallery was only built in 1914. Nevertheless, the architect Guissani preserved the original Renaissance rose window in the middle of the facade. The bell tower was also rebuilt in 1905.

The three-conch choir, which is probably based on a model in a Cologne church, is of particular architectural interest. Most of the interior of the Basilica di San Fedele was designed with Renaissance and Baroque elements in the 15th century. The frescoes date from the 13th century to the 17th century. There are four fresco walls in the church that show scenes from the life of the Madonna or one fresco, the Assumption of Mary. On the high altar are the relics of the Holy Martyr Fedele.

There are remains of medieval decorations, especially on the north portal of the basilica. You can find "Daniel in the lions' den" and an angel with habakkuk who offers food to Saint Daniel.

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Basilica of Saint Fedele

1. The center of Como and its lakefront - loop tour

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