Best places: Churches in Lombardy

Historic 16th-century church & former monastery with vivid biblical-themed artwork & frescoes.

Romanesque church with an ornate marble porch & a lavishly gilded interior hung with tapestries.

Founded in 1170, this Catholic monastery above Lake Maggiore is accessible by stairs or an elevator.

Centuries-old church with a marble facade & ornate frescoes, plus a treasury of religious relics.

Roman Catholic church dating to the 1500s with a bell tower & ornate sculpture-lined interior.

Imposing, centuries-old church built in Romanesque style with elaborate frescoes & a crypt.

👍👍 È un complesso  che ha avuto la denominazione di santuario  nel 2014, dopo la çanonizzazione di Giovanni XXIII; esso comprende la  Chiesa Parrocchiale, la Cappella della Pace, il Giardino della Pace e la Cripta "Oboedientia et Pax". La chiesa parrocchiale  è  dedicata a San Giovanni Battista e fu co...

👍👍 When I come I go up on foot... A little sacrifice is good and satisfying, also in honor of Blessed Innocent, who made many sacrifices; the landscape that can be seen from the terrace is beautiful, with the statue of the blessed looking on the valley...the convent is beautiful with its wonderful fres...

Terracotta Renaissance church with elaborate Gothic interior, home to Da Vinci's The Last Supper.

Colored marble exterior & frescoed ceiling in a 15th-century funerary chapel with columns & statues.

Twin adjoining churches, with an older Romanesque structure beside the newer 15th-century building.

Picturesque hill with a shrine & museum dedicated to Italian cycling, including bikes & jerseys.

👍👍 Ultimata dopo il 1500 questa bellissima Chiesa è decorata in modo spettacolare; è a Navata unica e le finte Colonne delimitano le Cappelle che coprono interamente i due lati della Navata; è tutto bellissimo, dalle decorazioni delle Colonne al Soffitto, dall'Altare principale al suo Coro ed alla sua...

Consecrated in 1138, this Romanesque monastery on a peninsula has a cloister, frescos & water views.

12th-century Romanesque church with a grand bell tower & a dramatic interior with a pipe organ.

Historic chapel on a hilltop with sweeping lake & island views, reached by trails through woods.

Catholic church built by a natural spring in the 12th century, with a frescoed ceiling.