Basilica of San Martino

The Basilica of San Martino is a church in piazza Italia at the junction of via Fantoni and via Roma in the historic centre of the north Italian town of Alzano Lombardo.

Dedicated to Martin of Tours, it was promoted to the status of a minor basilica in 1922 by Pope Pius XI.

[1] Adjoining it is the San Martino Museum of Religious Art, named after the basilica.

Early in the 17th century the generous bequest of 1,700 scudi from Bernardino Fugazza, a citizen of the town, allowed the chancel to be rebuilt.

The present structure also dates to the 17th century and another bequest, this one in 1656 70,000 gold scudi from the local merchant Nicolò Valle to the church's 'Fabbriceria', the body charged with building maintenance.