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Beneath the unassuming pavement of the small Piazza San Sepolcro in central Milan lies one of the oldest sacred spaces in the city, the crypt of the church of Santo Sepolcro. Often described as the very centre of historic Milan, the crypt preserves a remarkable late Romanesque interior that survives largely as it was when first consecrated in 1100 by Anselmo da Bovisio, archbishop of the city. The crypt sits directly above what was once the principal Roman forum of Mediolanum, the place where t...