Basilica di Sant’Andrea

The church of St. Andrew, presumably built on an ancient pagan temple using reused Roman materials, dates from the 12th century.

The basilica is one of the most admirable examples of Romanesque-Lombard architecture with Veronese influences: the facade is made of polychrome stone and marble, giving it luminosity and movement.

The interior is divided into three naves by pillars with a four-lobed base, with capitals representing a wide range of typically Romanesque iconographic motifs. The basilica displays a valuable painting by painter Paolo Veneziano depicting a “Madonna and Child.”

The roof, with cross vaults in the domed naves on the presbytery, dates from the late 15th century. Suggestive is the oratory-like crypt, closed by order of Cardinal Borromeo in 1580 and brought to light in 1962, in which the relics of St. Herculaneum were anciently kept.

In 1825 the relics of St. Herculaneum were moved to the new parish church but the sarcophagus remained in the basilica. The bell tower dates back to 1469.

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