Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio

ChurchMilanAbout 45 minutes

Milan's oldest church, largely eleventh-century, and the model for Romanesque building across Lombardy — a colonnaded atrium, two mismatched towers, almost no decoration. Free, calm, and a complete change of register from the cathedral. Worth the twenty-minute walk out from the centre.

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