The most beautiful religious buildings Lombardy

Gothic church, it houses th century frescoes attributed to Tommaso da Modena.

A church with two Gothic naves.

Mr. 3 Zara. The upper part of this church is the th century, while its lower part of the Renaissance. Its history is linked to that of Charles d'Amboise, the French governor of Milan. It was he who ordered the construction of a chapel in order to shelter a miraculous fountain, formed by the flow of the waters of a fontanile (see «Geography»). The chapel is covered with frescoes due to a student of Bramante and protected by a long portico.

In the 12 side chapels of this th century church, you can see beautiful frescoes from the beginning of the th century, including the Adoration of the Mages of G. Battista Secchi.

Beautiful Baroque church of 1739 with the double facade of the wavy cornices.

One of the main Savour abbeys, the order of the. Rebuilt with the best artists in the region between 1450 and 1534. Elegant cloister and beautiful polychrome ceramic loft.

Located in Melegnano, a th century church, superb example of Lombard Gothic, where the remains of a column indicate the whereabouts of the French soldiers.

She retains various gifts from King François I.

The church of San Alessandro, renovated in the th century, welcomes in addition to works by Bassano, Romanino, Campin, Cavagnaet Salmeggia, the famous Deposizione of Lorenzo Lotto, one of the most dramatic works of the painter and full of spirituality.

Leaving Melegnano in the direction of Milan, you will find this church where you can keep an altar whose feet are made of bones of the French and Swiss soldiers fallen to the battle of Marignan.

Near San Bernadino, this 1930 th century church with its refaite facade in has many paintings, from Jacopo Bassano, Lorenzo Costa and, of course, a beautiful Trinity of Lorenzo Lotto.

One of the most interesting churches in the lower city for the works of art preserved there. Among others, the Madonna in Trono of Lorenzo Lotto (1521), the polyptyque in eight parts of Bergognone and San Giovanni Battista of Andrea Previtali (1516).

Above the altar, one can admire a Virgin Virgin with the saints Bernardin, Jean-Baptiste and Antoine de Lotto.

Built between 1505 and 1584, the sanctuary of Madulain rises to the presumed location of the appearance of the Virgin. Remarkable, the facade decorated with a beautiful portal in carved marble, as well as the apse from where the high clocher clocher is set. The interior with three naves presents a rich baroque decoration of stucco and frescos, as well as a sumptuous church furniture and a th century organ finely worked, by Giuseppe Bulgarini.

Founded well before 1099, the church of Cesana was reorganized in the th century (bell tower). Its portal is in Renaissance style and with Lombardy inspiration. Its caissons ceiling is the work of a th-century French carpenter, François Ruas. The church houses a very beautiful collection of carved wooden objects dating back to the th and th centuries.

Founded in 1505, it was the theatre of the struggles between Catholic communities in the valley and Protestant communities. There is a stone staircase. The entrance gate is marble and, on the south-east side, below the second window, was once a door, currently murée, that people called "the dead door".