The best road cycling routes around Sillari

The presence of a place of worship in the town is already recorded in the 14th century, as a private document from 1390 mentions an oratory dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. This building underwent an expansion in 1827. In 1920, the Borgo San Giovanni community was established as an autonomous parish with territory detached from that of Lodi Vecchio. On April 13, 1930, the ceremony for laying the first stone of the new neo-Gothic church was held; the parish church, designed by Paolo Costermanelli, was completed in 1933 limited to the masonry structures and in 1946 for the facade, while the consecration was performed on May 1, 1954 by the bishop of Lodi Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti.

The Cathedral with the Clock Tower occupies the east side of Piazza della Vittoria, and the facades of houses and palaces frame its facade. The square, as a civic and religious center, as we see it today, was formed in different periods. The construction site of the Duomo was organized according to the methods of the time, i.e. by tracing the perimeter directly on the ground and then starting with the construction of the apse area. The so-called "stepped" facade suggests the division of the internal space, in which the central nave is higher and wider than the two side aisles. In the center of the facade, in the upper part, is the aedicule containing a bronze copy of the statue of San Bassiano, the original in copper and gold patina is kept inside the main nave of the cathedral. The central part of the facade is occupied by the rose window which, besides being a typically decorative element, allows for good internal lighting.

Around the rose window and the slopes of the roof, the decoration with interwoven arches and polychrome majolica cups of Byzantine derivation is to be observed. Below the rose window, two Renaissance stone windows have been created. The "candelabra" columns and the side coats of arms refer to the motifs of humanistic culture. The most characteristic element of this facade is the protiron. In the lunette above the portal are depicted the Redeemer, the crowned Madonna, and Saint Bassiano imploring. On the pilasters of the horizontal architrave are depicted Adam and Eve and, below, two other figures that recall the vices of man. The portal is framed by spiral columns, and the decorations surrounding the portal arch consist of naturalistic decorative motifs derived from the Lombard school, with shoots, spirals, and aquatic plant leaves. Finally, the small roof that frames and shelters the portal is supported by stylophoric lions.

The Ciaparat Chapel is a landmark mainly known on road cycling routes around Sant'Angelo Lodigiano and the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano, often included in loop itineraries between Bascapè, Locate Triulzi, and Vistarino. It is a popular area for moderate road bike training, with asphalted roads.

The vineyards of San Colombano are located on the only hill in the metropolitan city of Milan, an isolated elevation in the Po Valley that extends between the provinces of Milan, Lodi, and Pavia. This area is renowned for the production of the DOC wine of the same name, often referred to as the "wine of Milan" due to its historical proximity and connection with the metropolis.

an unpretentious tour in the beautiful Lodi countryside!

nice square with bars and restaurants

Section that avoids taking the provincial road