Excerpt from Lombard Architecture, Vol. 3: Monuments, Mizzole, Voltorre
IV. The exterior surface of the walls was made smooth by a smudging of plaster.
V. As an authentically dated monument of 1060, this little church, notwithstanding its poverty, is not devoid of interest.
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