San Carlo al Corso (Milan)
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San Carlo al Corso is a neo-classic church in the center of Milan.
The church is managed by the Servite Order
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This church, finished in 1847, also served as a model for the Chiesa Rotonda in San Bernardino, Switzerland, 1867, which has a great acoustics.
The church was constructed under the direction of Filippo Pizzigalli between 1838 and 1847. The façade, however, was designed by the architect Carlo Amati in 1832. The complex was built to replace Convent dei Servi di Maria, founded as early as 1290 and later was suppressed in 1799. The new church was built in thanks for the ending a cholera epidemic, and dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo who was the Bishop of Milan during the time of the bubonic plague
in Milan during the 16th century.
The church is managed by the Servite Order
Servite Order
The Servite Order is one of the five original Catholic mendicant orders. Its objects are the sanctification of its members, preaching the Gospel, and the propagation of devotion to the Mother of God, with special reference to her sorrows. The members of the Order use O.S.M. as their post-nominal...
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This church, finished in 1847, also served as a model for the Chiesa Rotonda in San Bernardino, Switzerland, 1867, which has a great acoustics.
The church was constructed under the direction of Filippo Pizzigalli between 1838 and 1847. The façade, however, was designed by the architect Carlo Amati in 1832. The complex was built to replace Convent dei Servi di Maria, founded as early as 1290 and later was suppressed in 1799. The new church was built in thanks for the ending a cholera epidemic, and dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo who was the Bishop of Milan during the time of the bubonic plague
Bubonic plague
Plague is a deadly infectious disease that is caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis, named after the French-Swiss bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin. Primarily carried by rodents and spread to humans via fleas, the disease is notorious throughout history, due to the unrivaled scale of death...
in Milan during the 16th century.