You have already seen that Milan is not only a city of fashion. Every year more and more visitors discover the capital of northern Italy.
We invite you to visit places that are hidden from the eyes of the casual traveller:
The illusionary deception of the great Bramante in the Church of the Mother of God – Bramante was one of the first to use optical illusion in art. Once in front of the altar, you will never believe that the space is only 97cm deep. In the original plan, it was supposed to be 9 metres. 70cm, Bramante’s deception of sight – trompe l’oeil – succeeded. If you do not know about the effect of optical illusion, it seems that behind the altar stretches a large space of the apse with columns and decorations, but in fact it is not there.
The plague epidemic in Western Europe and the Church of St Sebastian – in Catholic lands the main protectors against the plague were considered to be St Sebastian – an early Christian martyr who lived in the III century. According to legend, Emperor Diocletian ordered him to be shot with bows. In Greco-Roman texts, the plague, like other diseases, was often described using the metaphor of arrows raining down on people from heaven.
The Church of St George at the Palace is the patron saint of the Christ-loving host, and is glorified in the church of his name. It was founded in the first half of the VIII century near the ruins of the imperial palace – palatium, reserved for one of the tetrarchs, rulers of the Roman Empire and therefore was nicknamed al Palazzo – “at the palace”.
Frescoes by Bernardino Luini, Leonardo Da Vinci’s best pupil, in the church of St Maurizio.
History of female monasticism in Milan.
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