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A long, low Romanesque silhouette beside the canals of the old Navigli district, the Basilica of Sant Eustorgio in Milan was founded according to tradition in the fourth century by Bishop Eustorgius and is best known for its association with the relics of the Three Magi, brought to Milan from Constantinople by the bishop himself. The present brick basilica is the result of a major twelfth-century rebuilding on the early Christian foundations, with three aisles separated by tall pillars and culm...