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Basilica di San Lorenzo

The Basilica of San Lorenzo Maggiore is a roman catholic church in Milan city in Lombardy region of northern Italy; Shutterstock ID 1924100390; purchase_order: 65050; job: poi; client: ; other: 1924100390

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It's difficult not to be bowled over by this oft-ignored hotchpotch of towers, lodges, apses and domes. In spite of appearances, it really is the one basilica. At its centre is an early-Christian circular structure with three adjoining octagonal chapels, dating to the 4th century. What's left of a Romanesque atrium leads to the heart of the church and before it stand 16 Roman columns, now a hang-out for kissing teens.

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