Monumental Churches of Milan

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Ruins and Crypt of San Giovanni in Conca, a palochristian church destroyed in the early XX century. The church was built in IV century, and in its crypt were found many ancient roman objects



During the demolition of the church, the Facade was removed and used for another church, the near Valdesian Temple of Milan



This was how the church was:

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and this is the beautiful paleochristian crypt:





here are some roman statues and antiquities:



And a beautiful ancient roman floor mosaic



this is what remains today, waiting for a reconstruction

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Santi Giovanni e Carlo al Fopponino romanesque church

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San Celso romanesque church

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Rotonda della Besana and San Michele former church (now exhibition space)

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and for this former church too there is a 360° view:

http://www.360cities.net/image/roton....36,-4.92,60.0

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Former Santa Maria della Pace convent, "Salone degli Affreschi"

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Santa Maria Annunciata all'Ospedale Maggiore church

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...with on the inside a beautiful altarpiece painting from the Guercino



...and a 360° visit of the cloisters of the Bramante's Ca' Granda palace, main entrance for the little ancient church

http://milan.arounder.com/it/city-to...-chiostro.html

Monastero della Visitazione church:









...it was sooo much better when the Naviglio artificial river was opened. I hope sometimes they will manage to re-open it!

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A more recent one: Hospital church of Niguarda Ca' Granda, built in travertine marble















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...inside, stained glasses created by great artists like Aldo Carpi...



...Or Mario Sironi...

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Lutheran church, built in lombard Neogothic style in XIX century

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San Sigismondo ancient romanesque church





baroque side

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Central Synagogue (ok, not a church, but a temple anyway )

By architect Luca Beltrami

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(all pictures of this post are by Gusme)

San Protaso al Lorenteggio (very) ancient little church, from IX century. In this chapel Frederick Barbarossa stopped to pray a while during the siege of Milan









San Silvestro ai tre Ronchetti neoclassical church







Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù church





San Carpoforo former church, ancient romanesque temple









Santa Giustina in Affori church









...and now a special one, a very rural and natural little church settled in a park, very nice and very romantic as a place, and unknown to the vast majority of milanese: San Marchetto! Although being very simple, is ancient and was built in 1500 circa

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San Simpliciano convent and cloisters



Small cloister









Main cloister

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Santi Filippo and Donato ancient church (or "chiesa del Molinazzo"), XIII century

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And now the church number 114 (or 115, for I might have lost the count...sorry! ):
San Martino in Villapizzone, built in 1893







sorry for the low detail ancient picture of the church

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I hope you liked this walk around Milan! thanks everybody for reading this thread!

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Some extra now!

San Michele Arcangelo in Precotto

[Kriativus]

So many churches... Thank you very much for showing us.

[italiano_pellicano]

milan have 120 , 122 , amazing thread , thanks for the amazing pics

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che bella e milano

[caligola00]

Thank you Tommolo

The Portinari Chapel was traditionally attributed to Michelozzo (not Bramante) even if more recent studies ascribe it to Filarete or one of Solari family

In the Certosa di Garegnano is useful to remember the role of Daniele Crespi in painting the plasters

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You're very right Caligola, as always! I was writing by memory, I meant Filarete but somehow I wrote bramante, another renaissance architect active in milan...the structure of portinari chapel is actually very look alike to filarete project fot the church of the Sforzinda's hospital, the ideal city created by filarete...





with the central scheme and the four little tower all around the dome: this must be Filarete, really!

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Some other more still unpublished, less monumental maybe, but still interesting anyway:

Santa Rita church:

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San Dionigi di Pratocentenaro church