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Santa Maria delle Grazie
The church Santa Maria delle Grazie is one of the most beautiful Italian churches and a typical example of late Gothic architecture in Milan. The building was constructed from Dominicans between 1463 and 1482. From 1495 to 1498 Leonardi da Vinci worked on the famous mural painting “Last Supper”. Although it was heavily damaged during WW II it was possible to save it. The conservator Signora Guiseppa Brambilla is busy already for many years to restore the precious piece. The building self is not at all pompous but an example of a perfect harmony of high renaissance.
Opening times:
Daily 7 am – 12 am and 3 pm – 7 pm
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Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie
Milan
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Sant Ambrogio
Sant Ambrogio is one of the oldest and most important churches in Milan. It goes back to the year 379 and the Roman rule in Lombardy. The original building which was sanctified by Bishop Ambrosius in the late 4th century barely exists anymore apart from the outline and the mummified corpse of the founder in the crypt. The church and its yard like on early Christian construction traditions but actually they were built in the 12th century. Sant Amrogio has two towers which is very uncommon but has a simple explanation. Two towers were built because Benedictine monks and worldly canons both used the church for their purposes and they could not agree who was allowed to ring the church bell.
Sant Amrogio belongs to the best examples of medieval construction traditions in North Italy. The emperor hall includes the considerable interior of all churches in Milan, including a Roman pulpit whose pillars are closing in the early Christian Stilicho Sarcophagus, and the altar canopy from the 9th or the 12th century. All three naves host distinguished pieces of art for example the cupola that consists of sparkling mosaics or the golden altar of Volvinio.
Opening times:
Daily 10 am – 12 am and 2.30 pm – 6 pm, Sun 3 pm – 5 pm
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Piazza Sant''Ambrogio, 15
20123
Milan
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San Fedele
This church was mentioned the first time in the 8th century with the name Santa Maria in Solario. Only since the 12th century the church has the name San Fedele. In 1566 the Jesuits called the church their own which stayed like this until 1763 until Lombardy was the main seat of the Jesuits. The exact name of the church is “Santa Maria della Scala in San Fedele”.
When the church Santa Maria della Scala was destroyed, the remaining parts found a new place in San Fedele. For this reason the location became a church of pilgrimage for the ballerinas of the Scala. In 1771 Mozart conducted “Cantata della Passione”.
Opening times:
Daily 7.30 am – 2.30 pm and 4 pm – 7 pm
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Piazza San Fedele
Milan
Tel: +39 (02) 86352233
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San Marco
The San Marco church was built in 1254 on the homonymous square. From behind you can see the nice bell tower from the 13th century. San Marco was visited for ceremony by Martin Luther and Amadeus Mozart. Still today there are annual concerts taking place in his honour. The interior of the church includes many frescos painting of Lomazzo and Procaccini as well as the “Madonna with child in her arm” from Leonardo da Vinci’s school.
Opening times:
7.30 am – 12 am and 4 pm – 7 pm
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Piazza S.Marco
Milan
Tel: +39 (02) 29002598
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San Simpliciano
San Simpliciano is an early Christian church which was built by Bishop Ambrosius in the 4th century but finished by his successor Simplician who is buried in this church which belongs to the oldest and most beautiful churches in Milan. During time many features of the building were changed. Only the middle portal and the bell tower date back to the 12th century.
Opening times:
7 am – 12 am and 3 pm – 7 pm
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Piazza S. Simpliciano 7
Milan
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Sant Eustorgio
The beginnings of this church go back to the 4th century and Bishop Eustorgio. Initially the church was famous for hosting the bones of the the three Magi (Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar). It was a present of one of Constantine’s sons to the bishop of Milan. Over 700 years the bones were kept in San Eustorgio until Barbarossa foraged and detsroyed the church in 1164. Later the church wa rstored and taken over by the Dominicans. Due to the accident of Peitro Rosate who was slain and sainted the church again attracted many pilgrimers . Still today the grave of Peitro Rosate, the Petrus martyr, is the main attraction. The floor of the basilica is an early Christian graveyard with gravestones of other martyrs. The Portinari chapel left of the choir hosts a marble sarcophagus which is richly decorated with reliefs. At teh sout side of the nave Gothic, Renaissance and baroque chapels are built. The graves in the wall belong to medieval rulers from the Visconti family.
Opening times:
Mo – Sat 9.30 am – 11 am and 12.30 am – 5 pm, Sun 7.45 am – 5 pm
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Piazza S. Eustorgio 1
Milan
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Certosa di Santa Maria di Garegnano
The monastery Certosa di di Garegnanois the first Carthusian monastery in Lombardy. It was founded by Giovanni Visconti in 1349. At the beginiing of the 17th century it was rebuilt by Pellegrino Tibaldi. Therefore only a small part of the original church remains. The interior walls are richly decorated with frescoes of Daniele Crespi (1629) depicting episodes from the history of the Carthusian Order and its founder St. Brunone. The monastery is located in San Siro, a quarter of Milan that lies close to the Cimitero Maggiore.
Opening times:
Mo – Sat 3 pm – 4.30 pm
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Via Garegnano 28
Milan
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San Lorenzo Maggiore alle Colonne
The Basilica San Lorenzo Maggiore alle Colonne with its immense cupola is located in Corso di Porta Ticinese, opposite the 16 Corinthian marble pillars which belonged to a temple of the Roman Empire. The big church square hosts a golden statue of Emperor Constantine. San Lorenzo Maggiore which was built between the 6th and the 7th century, is a great example of early Christian architecture. After many damages the basilica was restored in 1911, 1916 and 1837/38. Apart from the richly decorated cupola San Lorenzo depicts displays many Roman paintings and frescoes as well as decoration in the back part of the church.
Opening times:
7.30 am – 6.45 pm
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Corso Di Porta Ticinese 39
Milan
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San Giuseppe
San Guiseppe is a small but very elegnat church close to the Scala. It was built by Francesco Maria Ricchino between 1607 and 1630. The outline of the church is a speciality of architecture as with its fusion of centralised units it broke away from the prevailing academic Mannerism.
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Largo Victor de Sabata / Via Verdi
Milan
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