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Church of San Valeriano

Certainly one of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful, in Lomellina. The murals depicting ancient crafts and environments, the geranium-adorned street lamps, and the chimney sweeps on the rooftops bring back memories of your grandparents' stories, and it's wonderful to be a child again for a few moments.

Medieval monument in Robbio (12th century), it has preserved its simple Romanesque decoration. Entirely in terracotta, it stood near the gate of San Pietro, on the road to Mortara, and there was an adjoining hospital, mentioned in the chronicles as early as the 13th century.

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The Basilica di San Lorenzo is Mortara's most prominent historical monument, a Gothic building from the 14th century. Located in the city center, near the Palazzo del Comune, it attracts attention with its terracotta facade. Architecture: Built in Gothic Lombard style between 1375 and 1380 by Bernardino da Novara. Martino Bassi made some structural changes in 1573. Exterior: The cotto facade has frescoes in the lunettes of the portals, made by Nando Bialetti. The tondi on the facade are by Boniforte da Mortara. The colorful stained glass windows are the work of Francesco Mossmeyer. Interior: Rich in works of art, including paintings by Paolo da Brescia and a remarkable wooden nativity scene by Lorenzo da Mortara. In the 20th century the interior was renovated by Giuseppe Piatti.

San Pietro is a small Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church located at the intersection of Via Mortara and Via Roma in the town center of Robbio, province of Pavia. A church at the site is documented since 1125-1150. Built with brick, the apse ends in a typical Romanesque hemicycle. Among the frescoes, is a Christ in a mandorla surrounded by the four evangelists. The fresco of the Trinity is dated 1507. The church and Robbio is located along the Via Francigena. The church was restored to its Romanesque decor in 1960. (Wikipedia)

The collegiate basilica of San Lorenzo is dedicated to Lawrence of Rome and has the title of a minor basilica. The Gothic church dates from the 14th century and is the seat of the canon chapter. The church was designed between 1375 and 1380 by Bartolino da Novara in the Lombard Gothic style and was built of brick. A renovation was carried out in 1573 by Martino Bassi, restorations took place in 1840 and again in 1916. In this case, Giuseppe Piatti made the church simpler by removing chapels and replacing the altar. Pope Pius XII raised the church to the rank of a minor basilica in 1939. Source: Wikipedia

A church at this site has been documented since the 12th century, when it was part of a Cluniac monastery of the Benedictine order located on the pilgrimage route to Rome, the Via Francigena. The monastery has suffered a lot over the centuries; An inscription states that the monastery was destroyed in 1216. The brick church has three naves and the three apses end in a typical Romanesque semicircle. The monastery buildings are no longer preserved. There are no remains of a former bell tower that was still there in the 16th century. The church is dedicated to Saint Valerian, a bishop martyred by Genseric in Tunisia in 460. The relics of this pre-Schism Western saint were said to have been taken to Pavia and then to Robbio. The church was desecrated centuries ago and at times used as a warehouse or barracks. There is no interior decoration. Source: Wikipedia