San Lorenzo Columns

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San Lorenzo Columns seen from below.

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The freestanding row of 16 Corinthian columns from Milan’s Mediolanum heyday were salvaged from a crumbling Roman residence and lined up here to form the portico of the new church. Their pagan spirit lingers: welcome to what is the site of many an evening’s beery indulgence.

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