Abstract

The significant role of Lomello in the vast northwestern Po plain as a fruitful laboratory of various artistic influences and styles is documented by a few monuments of the early Christian age, first and foremost the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Built on the classical early Christian pattern, it suffered the heavy consequences of wars and invasions throughout the Middle Ages. Moreover, in 1117, a tremendous earthquake caused the collapse of its front part. Santa Maria Maggiore is nowadays considered a precious example of the Romanesque impact on eleventh-century Lombardy