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Basilica Di San Lorenzo
Address: Corso Di Porta Ticinese, 39 - MilanoTimetable: Orari Messe:
feriali: da lunedì al sabato alle ore 18.00
festive: la domenica alle ore 9.30, 11.30, 18.00
In lingua Tagalog (filippino):
Domenica alle 16.00
ORARIO DI APERTURA: 7.30-12.30 14.30-18.45 domenica orario continuato
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Description: Founded in c.370.[1], the Basilica of San Lorenzo was renovated and redecorated in the 16th century. It has however maintained the original Byzantine structure[1] , with a dome and four towers resembling those of Constantinople's Hagia Sofia.
The church is a quatrefoil central-plan building, with a double-shell layout, consisting of an open central area (the inner shell) surrounded by an ambulatory (the outer shell). The quatrefoil design is expressed in four exedrae (semicircular recesses) of two stories, with five arches per exedra. As usual for the period, the interior had a matroneum (balcony for female worshippers), now partially disappeared. Also the polychrome interior decoration is now missing. The dome was also rebuilt in Baroque style after the original had crumbled down.
Address: Corso Di Porta Ticinese, 39 - Milano
The church is a quatrefoil central-plan building, with a double-shell layout, consisting of an open central area (the inner shell) surrounded by an ambulatory (the outer shell). The quatrefoil design is expressed in four exedrae (semicircular recesses) of two stories, with five arches per exedra. As usual for the period, the interior had a matroneum (balcony for female worshippers), now partially disappeared. Also the polychrome interior decoration is now missing. The dome was also rebuilt in Baroque style after the original had crumbled down.
Address: Corso Di Porta Ticinese, 39 - Milano
