Page 82 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Milan & The Lakes

80  MILAN AREA B Y AREA

Street-by-Street: From Sant’Ambrogio
to San Lorenzo

Situated just outside the Roman walls,
this area was occupied by Early Christian
cemeteries and Imperial Age buildings 4 Via Circo
The remains of
such as the Arena and Circus. Though an ancient Roman
little remains of this ancient heritage, it circus, used for
is significant, particularly the columns of the public spectacles,
triumphal entrance to the basilica of San were found in
this street.
Lorenzo. Nine kings of Italy were crowned
in Sant’Ambrogio in the 9th–15th centuries
with four buried here. Napoleon came here
in 1805, and Ferdinand of Austria in 1838,
after their respective coronations in the
Duomo. On the feast day of Sant’Ambrogio,
7 December, the (“how beautiful” in Milanese
dialect) fair is held in the streets.

The Università
Cattolica (1921)
is located in the
monastery and V I A C A P P U C C I O
cloisters of old
Sant’Ambrogio, built
by Bramante in 1497. V
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The Tempio della Vittoria P I O V O R
(1930), designed by V I A L A N Z O N E C
Giovanni Muzio, commem- E
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Cloister of Santa Maria
Maddalena al Cerchio
5 San Bernardino
6 . Sant’Ambrogio alle Monache
Founded by Sant’Ambrogio in the This church was rebuilt in
4th century, this church contains 1450 for Franciscan nuns.
masterpieces such as the San Vittore The façade is decorated
mosaics and the Golden Altar. with majolica bowls.

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