{"id":22458,"date":"2020-11-30T11:04:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/s-lorenzo-collegiate-church\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:06:29","slug":"s-lorenzo-church","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/s-lorenzo-church\/","title":{"rendered":"S. Lorenzo church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Main religious centre in Monticelli, it was designed by Giovanni Battagio and ordered by Carlo Pallavicino between 1471 and 1480. Its architectural prophile, in gothic-longobardic style, was greatly modified in the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries. The fa\u00e7ade, for instance, is neogothic, and it was designed and carried out by the architect Edoardo Arborio Mella in 1878.<\/p>\n<p>The interior is very rich, and was mainly decorated by artists from Cremona. 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