Description
San Vittore al Corpo is a large late-16th-century basilica in the center of Milan, on Via San Vittore, next to the old Olivetan monastery that now houses the National Museum of Science and Technology. Outside, the facade was never finished; inside, it is a triumph of stucco and frescoes.
The design is attributed to Galeazzo Alessi: three naves about 70 meters long and a dome that recall, on a smaller scale, St. Peter's in the Vatican. The finest piece is the walnut wooden choir by Ambrogio Santagostino, with 37 panels on the life of Saint Benedict.
Overhead, the dome painted by Moncalvo and Daniele Crespi is full of music-making angels; in the chapels and transept there are canvases by Camillo Procaccini and Ambrogio Figino.
Beneath the steps, excavations found an octagonal imperial mausoleum, intended for Emperor Maximian; Valentinian II was buried there instead. Remains of the Roman enclosure that protected it can be seen in one of the museum's courtyards.
The design is attributed to Galeazzo Alessi: three naves about 70 meters long and a dome that recall, on a smaller scale, St. Peter's in the Vatican. The finest piece is the walnut wooden choir by Ambrogio Santagostino, with 37 panels on the life of Saint Benedict.
Overhead, the dome painted by Moncalvo and Daniele Crespi is full of music-making angels; in the chapels and transept there are canvases by Camillo Procaccini and Ambrogio Figino.
Beneath the steps, excavations found an octagonal imperial mausoleum, intended for Emperor Maximian; Valentinian II was buried there instead. Remains of the Roman enclosure that protected it can be seen in one of the museum's courtyards.