San Michele (Cremona)

San Michele.

San Michele is a church in Cremona, northern Italy. According to tradition, it would have been built by the Lombards, although its existence is documented from the 8th century.

In the 11th century a new basilica was built. In the 13th century it received a new campanile (belfry), and the naves were vaulted with pointed arches. In the crypt are elements dating to the early Middle Ages crypt, one of which attributed to the Lombard age. The apse, as well as the other church of San Vincenzo in Cremona, resembles that of the Nonantola Abbey.

The church includes a statue portraying "St Michael Subjugating the Beast" and located to the right of the high altar.

Sources

• Bonometti, Pietro (1988). Cremona: una città segreta. Bologna: Edizioni Italcards. pp. 54–61.

Coordinates: 45°8′6.83″N 10°1′58.64″E / 45.1352306°N 10.0329556°E