Location Milan, Italy Ecclesiastical or organizational status National monument Architectural style Baroque architecture Province Province of Milan Groundbreaking 1601 | Affiliation Roman Catholic Status Active Phone +39 02 8645 3065 Architectural type Church | |
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Address Piazza Giuseppe Missori, 4, 20122 Milano, Italy Architects Francesco Maria Richini, Lorenzo Binago Similar Santa Maria presso S, San Giorgio al Palazzo, San Sebastiano, Basilica di Sant'Eufemia, San Giovanni in Conca | ||
Sant alessandro in zebedia
Sant'Alessandro in Zebedia is a church in Milan, Italy.
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History
The original church was built by the Barnabite order in the 9th century, on the ruins of the Pretorium which tradition holds was the prison that held the martyred Sant'Alessandro.
Its construction for the Barnabite order began in 1601 to a design by Lorenzo Binago, Francesco Maria Richini also contributing to the project. It comprises a principal building on the Greek cross plan with a central dome, and a separate presbytery which also has a dome. The façade, with decorations in bas-relief, has two campaniles.
The interior includes works by important Lombard Baroque artists including Camillo Procaccini (an Assumption, a Nativity and a Crucifixion) and Daniele Crespi (a Flagellation). There is also an altarpiece in the first chapel on the right by Ossana.