Santa Maria in Pertica, also known as ''Santa Maria alle Pertiche'', was a church once present in central

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...

, region of

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

, Italy.

The early romanesque structure was founded in 677 by the Queen Rodelinda, wife of the King of Lombardy,

Pectarit Perctarit (also Berthari) (died 688) was king of the Lombards from 661 to 662 the first time and later from 671 to 688. He was the son and successor of Aripert I. He shared power with his brother Godepert. He was a Catholic, whereas Godepert wa ...

. It was destroyed in the 18th-century, and some of the columns of the former adjacent courtyard still remain. The circular church layout was influential in for some centuries after its foundation, serving as the coronation site of

Hildeprand the Useless Hildeprand (died after 744), sometimes called the Useless, was the king of the Lombards from around 735 in association with his uncle, Liutprand. After Liutprand's death in 744, Hildeprand ruled in his own name until he was overthrown later that y ...

in 735. It is known now only from archeologic studies and engravings.Derived from Italian wikipedia entry.

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