Basilica di San Giorgio : Via Pietro da Breggia, 4, 22100 Como CO, Italy

The Bascilica is out of the town centre but worth the short walk to visit. It is a magnificent architecture and beautiful church as most of not all churches in Italy

The building's Baroque façade was constructed using ashlars of various types of serizzo stone, aligned along a horizontal line. The façade's upper tympanum includes the Gallio family coat of arms, commemorating the fact that the completion …

I visited this basilica during a solo trip from Como to Nice in March. This small Marian shrine is ideal for a brief moment of reflection and prayer. It's a small medieval church with very well-preserved shrines and is dedicated to Saint George (who can be admired on the vault) and the Blessed Virgin.