Lomello
Lomello is a town with 2276 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Province of Pavia in Lombardy; it is located about 50 km southwest of Milan and 30 km west of Pavia on the right bank of the Agogna. The town is the center of Lomellina. Neighboring communities of Lomello are: Ferrera Erbognone, Galliavola, Mede, Ottobiano, San Giorgio di Lomellina, Semiana, Velezzo Lomellina, Villa Biscossi
History
In Roman times, a mansio Laumellum was known, she lay on the Via Regina, the Roman road that connected along the old road of the Gauls Pavia with Turin. Excavations have inscriptions, tombs of imperial time brought to light, and the remains of walls and a gate.
At the time of the Lombards Lomello acquired a certain prosperity. This is where Theodelinda, the Autharis widow, in the year 590 Agilulf, the Duke of Turin met was. Her daughter Gundeperga, the wife King Arioalds, was here with the accusation of cheating on her husband, held for three years in a tower caught until it was given back by a judgment of God their freedom.
The Carolingian era was Lomello seat of a Comes, 1024, was the residence place of a Count Palatine. At the same time, the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore was built as a sign of power and wealth. From 1360 Lomello belongs to the sphere of power of the Visconti and later to that of the Sforza. Francesco Sforza was the territory of the Crivelli family that ruled here until 1760.
Demographics
Attractions
- Remains of the medieval city walls
- Ruins of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (11th century)
- Baptistery of San Giovanni ad fontes (5th - 7th century)
- Church of San Michele (Romanesque, 12th century )
- Castle (15th century)