SAN MAURIZIO CHURCH, History
- Audio File length: 2.42
- Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
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Language: English / USA
Hi, I'm Debbie, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.
Today I'll accompany you on your tour of San Maurizio.
San Maurizio is one of the most popular churches in Milan!
The Basilica of San Maurizio is on lively Corso Magenta, not far from Saint Ambrose and the Ambrosiana Art Gallery. Don't be fooled by the inconspicuous exterior: inside you'll find extremely elegant architecture and the church is lined with a magnificent cycle of frescoes that cover four thousand square meters, which is why it is often called the "Sistine Chapel" of Milan! Its creator is one of the finest painters of sixteenth-century Milan, Bernardino Luini.
Yet despite such magnificence, the sixteenth century was difficult for Milan: after the fall of the Duchy of Sforza, the city turned into a battleground that was fought over by the Kings of France and Spain, and there were famines and epidemics....