The early medieval parish church of San Geminiano, also known as Pieve di Vicofertile, retains a typical Romanesque appearance due to a massive restoration that at the beginning of the twentieth century has allowed to remove the baroque superstructures that had completely changed the structure.
The first evidence of the existence of the parish church was found in the document ”Capitulum seu Rotulus Decimarum” of the Diocese of Parma in 1230. The exterior of the church has a gabled façade in sandstone material and the face is marked by pilasters that form regular mirrors.
The fourteenth century rose window, with a brick ring with a poly-lobed profile, dominates the facade. Inside, the structure is developed on a plan with three naves in Romanesque style, with the apse in a central position.
The entire building presumably dates to the ninth century, originally presenting a smaller structure than the current one, only later, around the thirteenth century, will be rebuilt with a plan with three naves, three apses and a trussed roof.
Among the most important elements kept inside are the baptismal font in cipollino marble and the capitals, some carved with floral weaving, vines, bunches of grapes, other animals of the medieval bestiary.
In the baptismal font are carved five figures: it is the depiction of the ceremony of consecration of the source, with a recipient with an Easter candle, one with a censer and cross, a presbyter with gown and chasuble, a cleric with a liturgical book. The cult of San Geminiano is intrinsic in the culture of the population for having saved citizens from attacks and threats by foreign peoples.
