In the Lomellina they call the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore the devil's church: the legend says the Evil One pulled it down and then raised it again in a single night, but the sun came up before he had finished. That is why the front is half fallen and the first two bays are still without a roof.
Beside it stands the baptistery of San Giovanni ad Fontes, octagonal, Lombard, with what is left of the original font: here, in November 590, Queen Theodelinda married Agilulf, duke of Turin, and every June the village stages it again. Before that it was Laumellum, a staging post on the road to Gaul; today there are 2,295 residents.
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📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of May; the third Sunday of June a medieval feast for Theodelinda's wedding
Lomello celebrates the Holy Cross on the second Sunday of May; the third Sunday of June sees a historical reenactment of the wedding of Theodelinda and Agilulf, with a medieval banquet and market, while between late August and early September Gorgonzola can be tasted at the Sagra dal Strachìn.
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Outside Lomello, but an easy day trip away.
