Church of Santa Maria in Calvenzano
Founded by the Cluniacs, the Church of Santa Maria Assunta is located in the hamlet of Calvenzano.
A document from 1093 is proof that, in that year, the "de Meregnano" had authorisation to transfer its Church in Calvenzano to a Cluniac community: two years later it was transformed into an abbey.
However, in 1558, the monastery was reduced to a commendam and later passed to the Milanese Chapter. The terra cotta used for the building is typically Lombard.
On the late-15th-century façade, the portal has 12th-century reliefs. The apse has a fresco from the mid-14th century. According to tradition, Severino Boezio was executed here in 524.
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The church is generally open for the worship
The church is not fully accessible to disabled people, as it has a step.
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