Basilica San Lorenzo Maggiore

The Basilica San Lorenzo Maggiore is an important church in Milanese history with early Christian architecture. As one of the oldest churches in Italy its construction began during Roman times in the fourth century. During this time Milan was the capital of the Western Roman empire, so this building is often perceived as a treasure from that time. And at that time this ambitious construction project was the biggest centrally planned construction project in the western world.

In front of the basilisks you will find monumental pillars older than the church itself, as they came from the second century and were taken from nearby Roman temples. Additionally you find a bronze statue of Constantine the Great guarding the entrance of the church.