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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Corso di Porta Ticinese 39.
Map 7 B2. Tel 02-89 40 41 29.
Open 7:30am–6:30pm Mon–Sat
(closed 12:30–2:30pm Tue–Thu),
9am–7pm Sun. 5 6:15pm Mon–
Fri; 6pm pre-hols; 9:30, 11:30am,
4pm (in Philippine lang), 6pm
The Dome hols. Cappella di Sant’Aquilino:
The largest in Milan, Open 9am–6:30pm daily. & 7
is supported by an ^ =
octagonal tambour
lit by eight large Transport
windows. It was rebuilt q 3 Missori. v 3. @ 94.
by Martino Bassi after
it collapsed in 1573.

. Cappella di Sant’Aquilino
This 5th-century chapel has
mosaics from the same
period: Elijah on the Chariot
of Fire and Christ
with the Apostles.
The entire
chapel was
once decorated
with mosaics.

KEY
1 A bas-relief above the entrance
depicts San Lorenzo, who was burnt
over live coals (a recurring symbol in The Structure
the church) in the 3rd century.
Most of the walls, towers and
2 An upside-down column three chapels date from the
symbolizes Christianity rising from late 4th century. The upper
the ruins of paganism. parts of the towers are
3 Byzantine sarcophagus Romanesque. The
dome was built in the
4 Behind the altar, steps lead to
the foundations, which have stones late 1500s and the façade
taken from the amphitheatre and in 1894 by Cesare Nava.
used for compacting the earth.
5 The 17th-century presbyteries, Key
designed by Trezzi and Richini, were Early Christian
originally designed to join up with
the columns so as to revive the Medieval and modern
pattern of the ancient quadriporticus. Romanesque

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