San Giorgio in Lemine, Romanesque church in Almenno San Salvatore, Italy

San Giorgio in Lemine is a Romanesque church with a three-nave basilica plan, built between the 11th and 12th centuries in rough light-grey stone. Its facade has a tall central gable, a wooden double door in a rounded stone arch, and a small arched window with a brick border above it; the building was erected in two phases, with more careful masonry first and rougher work later.

The only certain date is 1171, when documents record the church already standing; scholars exclude a popular initiative, since the area was feudally subject to the bishops of Bergamo, and Bishop Gerardo, its presumed inspirer, was excommunicated in 1167 for backing the empire. The building went up in two phases, with finer materials first and rougher work after. Its best period ran from the later 14th to the first half of the 15th century, when it gradually took over the functions of the Pieve di Lemine.

The name Lemine survives in the modern forms Almenno and Almè, and the church keeps it as a reminder of the medieval district. From the 14th century, though only a subsidiary church of the Pieve di Lemine, San Giorgio gradually took over the pieve's functions and replaced it. Its best period ran from the second half of the 14th to the first half of the 15th century.

San Giorgio in Lemine stands in the Lemine area of Almenno San Salvatore, in the province of Bergamo, near the Brembo and the remains of a Roman eight-arch bridge. The facade is rough grey stone with a wooden double door under a rounded arch and a small brick-framed window in the gable. The church is a subsidiary building of the former Pieve di Lemine, so opening times are not guaranteed; check locally before going.

The church was built in two phases with different materials and techniques: the earlier work is better and more carefully cut, the later work coarser and almost occasional. Scholars link this decline to the political troubles of the period, when Bishop Gerardo, the presumed inspirer, was excommunicated in 1167 for backing the emperor against the Lombard League.