Monumental Churches of Milan

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Santa Maria alla Vepra church, from year 1456





Santi Gervaso e Protaso









San Carlo Macconago ancient church:

the facade prior works:



some picture of the intervents ongoing to restore the church (by Gusme):





The castle and the church visible on the left (yes, it is inside urban limits of the city of Milan )

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Sant'Apollinare nuovo in Baggio,
a XX century church very big for the Baggio district: more than 80 meters long, with tall bell tower and a narthex in front of the facade:

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San Benedetto church



San Gaetano church















Sculptures of the facade:





Stained glass windows:





Santi Gesù Maria e Giuseppe church:





Santi Re Magi small church, from XII century. Inside there are traces of frescoes. Still I haven't managed to visit inside the church. When I will do, I will try to take some pictures

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Ancient refectory of the Sant'Ambrogio monastery, now Aula Magna of Catholic University of Milan:











And Cloisters:









...and a 360° visit of the refectory and its frescoes:

http://milan.arounder.com/en/city-to...ula-magna.html

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San Giovanni alla Creta, by architect Giovanni Muzio

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San Giovanni alle Fonti ancient baptistry, from roman era

















all this is below the nave of the Duomo cathedral, beside and below the baroque and fastoust crypt:











and a multimedial 360° visit of the crypt:

http://milan.arounder.com/it/chiese/...no-cripta.html

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Visconti Chapel in Sant'Eustorgio basilica:







Brivio renaissance chapel in Sant'Eustorgio







Monumental tomb sculptured by Cazzaniga brothers and Benedetto Briosco



Bergognone altarpiece painting:



This chapel is very look alike to Pazzi renaissance chapel in Florence, masterpiece of architect Filippo Brunelleschi

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Pietà chapel in San Marco basilica



Legnanino paintings:







Luigi Pellegrino Scaramuccia "il Perugino" frescoes on the vault



Caravaggio's copy as an altarpiece

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Some side chapels in Sant'Ambrogio Basilica:

Nuvolone fresco:









San Giorgio chapel, painted by the Lanino











San Satiro chapel







Antonio de Giorgi fresco



Saints Nabore and Felice sculptured tomb, from VI century:



Renaissance chapel



Bergognone fresco in the baptistry:



A painting from the master Camillo Procaccini:



And now a very important piece of art:

Bernardino Zenale's triptych "madonna sant'ambrogio e san girolamo"

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Cimitero Maggiore chapel







Santa Maria Nascente, built in 1947 by architect Vico Magistretti (very ugly, I know, but important for the architecture of that time)











San Nicola in Dergano church:









Santa Maria Magolfa:

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Agostiniane Monastery and Church in via Giuseppe Ponzio







Santi Nazaro e Celso alla Barona (pictures by Gusme)





Stelline cloister and ancient monastery

















the chapel:



San Michele al dosso monastery and cloister:





Artworks inside:

A Virgin of the Rock by a Leonardesque painter:



frescoes:



Petrarch Madonna: the famous poet and writer Petrarch, the father of humanism, lived here in XIV century





San Matteo alla Banchetta little ancient church:

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Anglican church:





San Francesco di Sales church, by modern architect Vittorio Gandolfi. Very nice lights on the interiors!





The church also has on the altar an ancient beautiful painting from Romanino

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San Lorenzo basilica's chapels:

Sant'Aquilino chapel:













Last supper:

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Santo Spirito alla Ghisolfa little ancient church

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Corvetto little chapel, from XIII century:



Villa Clerici at Niguarda chapel



Sant'Antonino in Segnano little ancient church:



Santa Maria Maddalena in Precotto



Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù church



And now a modern one, a very interesting piece of architecture even if on the oustide may not be the most beautiful building ever: it is Sant'Ildefonso church, by Carlo de Carli architect. The interior is very original as you will se...



















The interior light from above is yellow, very yellow...a relaxing, warm yellow kind of colour, very appropriate for the bricks interiors:

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San Carlino alle Rottole



Now no longer used as a church, someone though to put advertisings on its facade...





San Giuseppe dei Morenti:







Rettoria San Ferdinando church:



Santa Cecilia ancient little church:


San Rocco al Gentilino church:


Santa Maria Assunta in Quintosole (XV century)





San Carlo e Vitale alle Abbadesse:





Santa Maria del Buon Consiglio church:



Santa Teresa della Beata Vergine church:



San Francesco Saverio church:



San Giovanni in Laterano church:



San Giovanni alle Case Rotte facade, by architect Richini (XVII century, used as a side facade for the Santa Maria Segreta church:



Sacro Volto church:



San Benedetto neogothic church:



Resurrezione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo modern church:



Madonna del Cardellino little church:



Via Fossati church:



Santi Silvestro e Martino church:



(Pictures by Gusme)





Church in Via de Togni:

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Santa Tecla ancient basilica archeological ruins:







San Giuseppe ai Padiglioni (Policlinico hospital):







Università Cattolica chapel, with basrelieves by famous sculptor Giacomo Manzù:

The main entrance:




Golden mosaics on the apsis:



...and with this ones we are at 197 temples, three to go until 200!

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Sant'Elena church:





Beata Vergine Addolorata in San Siro church:





San Giovanni Bono church, a 'brutalist' building:

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...and with there we reached 200 churches! From now on, I will publish monumental chapels inside already published churches or important painting or artworks present in churches of Milan. With some bonus, of course!

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...oh well a little example more: Pio Albergo Trivulzio chapel, XVIII century:

(part of a complex now it is used as a Senior Care center)













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awesome milan

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thank you very much Pellicano!

Here goes a collection of very interesting ancient paintings from the San Nazaro Maggiore basilica, the church is an art museum itself.

Camillo Procaccini:



Daniele Crespi:



Panfilo Nuvolone:









XV century fresco:





Gothic fresco from XIV century:



Gothic fresco from XIV century:



Frescoes from XV century:



Fresco from XV century:



Sculptural Nativity by Adam Kraft (XV century):

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San Fedele church paintings:

Simone Peterzano's "Pietà":



Cerano, "vision of Saint Ignatius"





Madonna della Scala:



Ancient wooden Pulpit:



Ancient wooden confessionals: