Lomello

Lomello lies in the Lombard plain that takes its name, Lomellina. Its older history as a road station between Pavia and the Alpine passes helps explain its early importance. The Romanesque basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and the older baptistery preserve traces of the town's medieval religious life.

After rule by Pavia and the Visconti, Lomello was granted as a fief to Antonio Crivelli by Francesco Sforza in 1450. The Crivelli retained the fief until the abolition of feudalism in 1797. In 1707 Lomello and the surrounding Lomellina passed to the House of Savoy, changing the territorial allegiance of this agricultural district.