Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio
| Basilica of Saint Eustorgius (Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio) | |
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Roman Catholic | |
| Province | Archdiocese of Milan |
| Rite | Ambrosian |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Milan, Italy |
| Geographic coordinates | 45°27′14.40″N 9°10′52.80″E / 45.4540000°N 9.1813333°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Pellegrino Tibaldi |
| Type | Church |
| Style | First Romanesque |
| Groundbreaking | 4th century |
| Completed | 16th century |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio is a church in
Probably founded in the 4th century, its name refers to
The church was later rebuilt in Romanesque style. In the 12th century, when Milan was sacked by Frederick Barbarossa, the relics of the Magi were appropriated and subsequently taken to Cologne. It was only in 1903/4 that fragments[2] of the bones and garments were sent back to Sant'Eustorgio's. Nowadays they are in the Three Kings altar nearby the empty Three Kings sarcophagus.[3] Still today, in memory of the Three Kings, the bell tower is surmounted by a star instead of the traditional cross.
From the 13th century the church was the main Milanese seat of the Dominican Order, who promoted its rebuilding. The current façade is a 19th-century reconstruction. The interior has a nave and two aisles, covered with
To the right side of the nave, the church has chapels commissioned from the 14th century onwards by the main families of the city. The first from the entrance is of the 15th century and has a Renaissance sepulchre and a
Behind the apse is the most striking feature of the church, the
Other burials
See also
- History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes
- History of Italian Renaissance domes
- History of early modern period domes
Notes
- ^ Josephi Allegranzae ord. Praed. de sepulchris christianis in aedibus sacris Mediol. 1773, p. XX; in: Floss, Heinrich Joseph, Dreikönigenbuch, Köln 1864, page 61
- Antonio cardinali Fischer, archiepiscopo Coloniensi, pro basilica Eustorgiana Mediolanensi. ... Pro vera copia. Coloniae, die 28. mensis Augusti 1903. Antonius cardinalis Fischer, archiepiscopus; original-copy-document is in Milan: Archivio Arcivescovile, Sacri Riti, Sez. VII, cart. 24. (the original document in Cologne is disappeared)
- ^ Photo Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine[Dead Link]
External links
- Official website (in Italian)
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