Archaeological Museum
Cripta di San Giovanni in Conca
Milan (MI)
AM Lombardy and Aosta Valley
In Piazza Missori, the remains of the apse and the crypt of the church of San Giovanni in Conca, rebuilt in Romanesque forms between the 11th and 13th centuries on one of Milan's most important early Christian cult buildings, are preserved.
In the centre of Piazza Missori stand the remains of the ancient basilica of San Giovanni in Conca, an illustrious testimony to Milanese history and art from the 5th to the 17th century, built in the area of a Roman residential quarter from which the remains of mosaic pavements preserved in the Archaeological Museum originate. The church was subjected to reconstruction, mutilation, removal of works and demolition until after World War II. Only a few parts dating mainly from the 11th century remain today: the apse, which was reduced to a ruin in the 20th century, and the entire crypt, the only one from this period preserved in Milan, where Roman and medieval artefacts can be admired.
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