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It is in architectural elements like façades and towers that the innate conservatism and ambition of Lombardy unite with extraordinary results. The façade of the Duomo at Crema is a striking example of the near-mid-14th-century principles. Here the central buttresses take the form of columns and the verticals are linked by arches. The sense of light and shade and movement is thereby increased. The façade as a whole makes an unusually well-calculated contribution to the total effect of a building in which it is balanced by a campanile which is part of the main body.
The photo shows the façade of the church.
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