San Carlo al Corso, Milan
| Church of Saint Charles Borromeo (Chiesa di San Carlo al Corso) | ||
|---|---|---|
Year consecrated 1847 | | |
| Status | Active | |
| Location | ||
| Location | Milan, Italy | |
 | ||
| Geographic coordinates | 45°27′59″N 9°11′47″E / 45.466351°N 9.196259°E | |
| Architecture | ||
| Architect(s) | Carlo Amati; Filippo Pizzagalli | |
| Type | Church | |
| Style | Neoclassical | |
| Groundbreaking | 1832 | |
| Completed | 1847 | |
San Carlo al Corso is a
Roman Catholic
church located in the Piazza of San Carlo, just off Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, just west of the Piazza San Babila, in central Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy.
History and decoration
The site of the present church was occupied by a monastic complex of the
Saint Charles Borromeo. The new church was built in thanks for the ending of a recent cholera epidemic, and Archbishop Borromeo was admired in part for his work during the outbreak of bubonic plague
in 1576 in Milan. Demolition of the cloister began in 1838. Thirty-thousand lire were spent by the municipality to purchase the property. Funds for the church required the collection of donations.
The church facade was designed in 1844 by
Giovanni Angelo Porro, with the altar from the prior church. Flanking the entrance are two chapels, one a baptistery and the other, a chapel of the Crucifix. In the apse ceiling is a fresco depicting the Glory of San Carlo before allegories of Faith, Hope and Charity by Angelo Inganni
.
This church served as a model for the Chiesa Rotonda in San Bernardino, Switzerland, 1867. The prominent baroque basilica church of Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso is located on via del Corso in Rome, and was erected in the early 17th century. The prominent Neolassical church of San Francesco di Paola in the central Piazza del Plebiscito of Naples, also influenced by Patheon, had been started in 1816.
See also
- San Carlo al Corso (Rome)
References
- ISBN 1-56898-420-0page 153
- Descrizione del Nuovo Tempio di S. Carlo in Milano con alcuni cenni storici della demolita chiesa di S. Maria de'Servi, by Abbott Giacinto Longoni, Publisher: Presso La ditta Angelo Bonfanti Tipografo Libraio, Milan (1847).
External links
Media related to San Carlo al Corso (Milan) at Wikimedia Commons
