Studi e riflessioni per la salvaguardia e valorizzazione della cripta di Sant’Eusebio a Pavia

Located in Pavia, in an area that owes its importance to the Longobards era, the crypt of St. Eusebius is today the only surviving evidence of an ancient Ger-manic Cathedral, perhaps dating from the reign of King Rotari. Cited by Paolo Diacono in his Historia Langobardorum, it was over time affected by various al-terations, devastations and assaults, alternated with long and dusty periods of neglect, which inevitably affected its dignity. This important ‘monumental ru-in’, for too long confined within a structure that prevents its correct perception and public enjoyment, has recently been interested by new multidisciplinary studies and investigations aimed at improving its critical knowledge and un-derstanding, and then at establishing necessary conservation and valorisation activities, able to underline its high monumental value, improve its accessibili-ty and ensure its transmission to future generations.