Pomposa Town

The Church of Santa Maria della Pomposa in Modena is a historic building that once stood on the edge of the city walls. It takes its name from the nearby Pomposa Abbey in the Po Delta. A religious structure on this site was already documented in 1153. Over the centuries, ownership changed several times, including to the poet Ludovico Antonio Muratori, who was laid to rest here in 1922 beneath a monument by Ludovico Pogliaghi. Inside, you can admire valuable works of art, including a series of paintings on the life of Saint Sebastian by Bernardino Cervi and a copy of a Correggio painting by Giovanni Boulanger. The experience is rounded out by an adjoining museum devoted to the life and work of Muratori.