Description
The Basilica of San Nazaro in Brolo is one of the four churches that Saint Ambrose had built in Milan, consecrated in 386 on the road that led to Rome. It is considered the oldest Latin-cross church in the Western world: a simple, bright place where sixteen centuries of history can be read on the walls.
In front of the church stands the Trivulzio Chapel, the octagonal mausoleum designed by Bramantino in the 16th century for the family of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio. Inside, between the white plaster and the terracotta ribs, sections of early Christian masonry remain visible. In the right transept are a 14th-century Crucifixion by Bonino da Campione and a Last Supper by Bernardino Lanino.
Beneath the church, excavations have uncovered ancient walls up to 13 meters high. And on Gian Giacomo Trivulzio's tomb a Latin inscription reads: "He who never rested now rests. Be silent."
In front of the church stands the Trivulzio Chapel, the octagonal mausoleum designed by Bramantino in the 16th century for the family of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio. Inside, between the white plaster and the terracotta ribs, sections of early Christian masonry remain visible. In the right transept are a 14th-century Crucifixion by Bonino da Campione and a Last Supper by Bernardino Lanino.
Beneath the church, excavations have uncovered ancient walls up to 13 meters high. And on Gian Giacomo Trivulzio's tomb a Latin inscription reads: "He who never rested now rests. Be silent."