Romanesque Abbey of Santa Giustina di Sezzadio
Immersed in the Monferrato countryside between Alessandria and Acqui Terme rises the Romanesque Abbey of Santa Giustina di Sezzadio, a holy building dating back to the XI century that preserves within an even older crypt attributed by legend to the Longobard king Liutprand.
Founded by the Benedictines in 1030, and completely renewed by marquis Otberto of the Aleramica dynasty, the basilica preserves a IX - X century mosaic floor and XIV-XV century frescoes in the central apse, on the presbytery vault and the left-side secondary apse; XVI century decorations can be seen on the columns dividing the nave and two aisles.
Adjacent to the Abbey is the complex known as Villa Badia, which was developed on the foundations of the pre-existing Benedictine Convent and subsequently rebuilt by the Order of the Oblati di S. Ambrogio of Milan in 1600, then extended by the Counts Frascara near the end of the 1800s who made it their private residence.
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