page_title: Cantù
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Cantù / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail of a Romanesque fesco depicting St Christopher before a Roman emperor, from the south wall of the nave of the Basilica of San Vincenzo, Galliano, near Cantù. Italy (11th century AD)
context_page_description: Cantù is a city and comune in the Province of Como, located at the center of the Brianza zone in Lombardy. It is the second largest city in Brianza.
context_section_description: The main attraction of Cantù is the Basilica di San Vincenzo in the frazione Galliano, which was consecrated in 1007 by the future Archbishop of Milan, Ariberto da Intimiano. The building was sold in 1801 to become a private dwelling, before being bought by the municipality in 1909 and reconsecrated in 1934. The basilica contains the oldest frescoes in Lombardy consisting of series of stories from the Bible and the saints. The frescoes in the apse are especially fine, and those in the nave probably by this master painter's followers. Other sights are the Piazza Garibaldi, named for Giuseppe Garibaldi, and the San Paolo Church, whose bell tower is one of the symbol of the city.
caption: Detail from the life of St Christopher (c.1000), from the nave of the Basilica of Galliano.
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