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Como

Basilica of Sant'Abbondio

Visit duration
30–45 min
Booking
Not required
Area
First Basin
The cloister and bell tower of the basilica, from the courtyard.Maurizio Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maurizio Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maurizio Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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The cloister and bell tower of the basilica, from the courtyard.

Maurizio Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Why go

Sant'Abbondio, consecrated in 1095 outside the walls of Como, is a Romanesque basilica with a nave and four aisles and twin bell towers.

The apse was entirely frescoed in the fourteenth century with scenes from the life of Christ. In the same complex, on Via Regina Teodolinda, stands the eleventh-century church of Santi Cosma e Damiano, perhaps built on the remains of an early Christian basilica whose piers survive in one wall; it is now deconsecrated and hosts art exhibitions.

  • The fourteenth-century frescoes of the life of Christ in the apse.
  • It is ten minutes from the cathedral.

Highlights

  • The twin towers
  • The carved capitals

Getting there

  • Fifteen minutes on foot from Como San Giovanni station.
The basilica's nave between tall stone columns, its wooden pews and, at the far end, the frescoed apse under the starry blue vault.Maurizio Moro5153 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Accessibility

  • There are two steps at the main entrance and two low steps at the side entrance on Via Sant'Abbondio; inside, the aisles are free of obstacles, with one step up to the altar and another to the fresco cycle.
  • In the cloisters of the former seminary next door, now part of the university, two lifts serve the three floors, and there are adapted toilets on the first floor.

Practical information

Address

Via Sant'Abbondio, 22100 Como

Facilities

Car park 200 m away · free

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Updated 22 October 2026

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