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Day 13 - Con't - Sant'Ambrogio

16/8/2012

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The basilica was built by Bishop Ambrose in AD 379-86. The church was dedicated to Ambrogio, a defender of Christianity against Arianism, after his burial here. The Benedictines enlarged it in the 8th Century and was rebuilt after the dome collapsed in 1196. In 1492 the Sforza family asked Bramante to restructure the rectory and Benedictine monastery. Shady there was damage to the church by bombs in 1943.
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Ansperts Atrium, 11th Century - the Canons bell tower on the left built. In 1124
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Main altar with gold leaf on altar - 9th century.
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Mosaics behind altar - the pantocreator
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A bit of what the decoration that probably graced the inside of the basilica
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The skeleton of Saint Ambrose in the crypt with a martyr on each side.
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One of the original city gates to medieval Milan next to St Ambrose Basilica.
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