1 Corso Monforte
Milano
Lombardia
20122
IT
The basilica ol San Babila, now squashed in by modern buildings, was, perhaps, built at the end of the Xlth century on the site of another, but older, church founded by St. Lorenzo I between 489 and 511.
It is the best known romantic church in Milan. The sides, left unaltered, have buttresses alternating with arched windows with lintels, and in the octangle tiberium can be seen evident traces of romanesque structures.
The interior has three naves with barrel vaults supoorled on mighty pillars. In the middle of the transcept rises the hemispherical cupola with an octagonal base and conical pendentives.
Traces of some XIVth century frescoes still remain, there are also six of Giuseppe Mentessi’s panels and the altar-piece of a chapel done by Lodovico Pogliaghi.
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Founded bv Cardinal Federico Borromeo in 1609 and built by Fabio Mangone and Francesco Maria Richini, the Ambrosian Library is one of the most remarkable demonstrations of the g...
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What we see today is only a part of the original citadel which, at the beginning, consisted of other forts enclosed in a great star-shaped ramparted fortress. The perimetral dev...
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Romanesque basilica reconstructed in the 16th century; the wooden choir in the chancel is magnificent. ...
This museum, which has no egual in Italy, was founded by the engineer Guido Uccelli. It was inaugurated in 1953 with the great exhibition held for the Vth centenary of Leonardo&...
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The construction of the church which is incorporated into the Royal Palace (the entrance is from via Pecorari) began in the first half of the 14th century. Azzone Visconti had i...
