Milan - Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
Milan - Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
Milan - Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
Linden - St.-Peters
Linden - St.-Peters
Linden - St.-Peters
Linden - St.-Peters
Linden - St.-Peters
Linden - St.-Peters
Linden - St.-Peters
Linden - St.-Peters
Trier - Liebfrauenkirche
Vieux-Mareuil - Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens
Vieux-Mareuil - Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens
Brantôme - Abbaye Saint-Pierre
Macqueville – Saint-Étienne
Macqueville – Saint-Étienne
Vouthon - Saint-Martin
Vouthon - Saint-Martin
Rio Mau - Igreja de São Cristóvão
Melgaço - Igreja de São Salvador
Melgaço - Igreja de São Salvador
Melgaço - Igreja de São Salvador
Vila Boa de Quires - Santo André
Vila Boa de Quires - Santo André
Vila Boa de Quires - Santo André
Vila Boa de Quires - Santo André
Vila Boa de Quires - Santo André
Coimbra - Sé Velha
Coimbra - Sé Velha
Coimbra - Sé Velha
Marburg - Elisabethkirche
Plettenberg - Christuskirche
Rosheim - Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
Ventimiglia - Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Ventimiglia - Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Ventimiglia - Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Ventimiglia - Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
La Chaise-Dieu
Cahors - Cathédrale Saint-Étienne
Cahors - Cathédrale Saint-Étienne
Cahors - Cathédrale Saint-Étienne
Caillac - Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
Caillac - Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
Monsempron - Saint-Géraud
Auxerre - Cathédrale Saint-Étienne
Auxerre - Cathédrale Saint-Étienne
Auxerre - Cathédrale Saint-Étienne
Bitonto - Concattedrale di Bitonto
Manfredonia - Abbazia di San Leonardo in Lama Vola…
Manfredonia - Abbazia di San Leonardo in Lama Vola…
Manfredonia - Abbazia di San Leonardo in Lama Vola…
Manfredonia - Abbazia di San Leonardo in Lama Vola…
Manfredonia - Abbazia di San Leonardo in Lama Vola…
Bari - Basilica di San Nicola
Bari - Basilica di San Nicola
Bari - Basilica di San Nicola
Bari - Basilica di San Nicola
Bari - Basilica di San Nicola
Bari - Basilica di San Nicola
Bari - Basilica di San Nicola
Bari - Basilica di San Nicola
Bari - Basilica di San Nicola
Milan - Basilica di San Lorenzo
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Bergamo - Santa Maria Maggiore
Millstatt am See - Stift Millstatt
Zweinitz - St. Ägidius
Zweinitz - St. Ägidius
Gurk - Dom
Gurk - Dom
Maulbronn - Monastery
Maulbronn - Monastery
Maulbronn - Monastery
Paray-le-Monial - Basilique du Sacré Coeur
Chassenard - Saint-Georges
Autry-Issards - Sainte-Trinité
Autry-Issards - Sainte-Trinité
Autry-Issards - Sainte-Trinité
Autry-Issards - Sainte-Trinité
Ainay-le-Vieil - Saint-Martin
Tauriac - Saint-Etienne
Tauriac - Saint-Etienne
Tauriac - Saint-Etienne
Tauriac - Saint-Etienne
Lavaur - Cathédrale Saint-Alain
Lavaur - Cathédrale Saint-Alain
Lavaur - Cathédrale Saint-Alain
Lavaur - Cathédrale Saint-Alain
San Quirico d'Orcia - Santi Quirico e Giulitta
San Quirico d'Orcia - Santi Quirico e Giulitta
San Quirico d'Orcia - Santi Quirico e Giulitta
San Quirico d'Orcia - Santi Quirico e Giulitta
San Quirico d'Orcia - Santi Quirico e Giulitta
San Quirico d'Orcia - Santi Quirico e Giulitta
San Quirico d'Orcia - Santi Quirico e Giulitta
Bevagna - San Michele
Bevagna - San Michele
Bevagna - San Michele
Assisi - Cattedrale di San Rufino
Assisi - Cattedrale di San Rufino
Narni - Santa Maria Impensole
Trogir - Cathedral of St. Lawrence
Regensburg - Schottenkloster St. Jakob
Saint-Hilaire-la-Croix
Saint-Hilaire-la-Croix
Saint-Hilaire-la-Croix
Saint-Hilaire-la-Croix
Saint-Hilaire-la-Croix
Saint-Hilaire-la-Croix
Saint-Hilaire-la-Croix
Clermont-Ferrand - Notre-Dame-Du-Port
Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire - Saint-Brice
Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire - Saint-Brice
Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire - Saint-Brice
Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire - Saint-Brice
Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire - Saint-Brice
Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire - Saint-Brice
Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire - Saint-Brice
Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire - Saint-Brice
Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire - Saint-Brice
Fajoles - Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption
Location
See also...
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
129 visits
Milan - Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
Milan is the city capital of the Lombardy and the second most populous city in Italy after Rome. Known during Roman times as "Mediolanum" it was the place, where in 313 Constantine I and Licinius met and "signed" the "Edict of Milan", giving Christianity a legal status within the Roman empire.
At the end of the Roman empire Milan was besieged by the Visigoths in 402, looted by the Huns in 452, and taken by the Ostrogoths in 539. Only 30 years later is belonged to the Kingdom of the Lombards, until in 774 Charlemagne defeated the Langobards and added Milan to the Carolingian empire. During Barbarossa´s (Frederik I) "Italian Campaigns" Milan was taken and destroyed to a great extent.
The "Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio" is much older and was not destroyed by Barbarossa´s troops. It is one of the most ancient churches in Milan, built by St. Ambrose in 379–386, outside the city of Milan on the site of a cemetery, where the martyrs of the Roman persecutions had been buried. The first name of the church was "Basilica Martyrum".
Ambrose, born into a noble family about 340 in (present-day) Trier (Germany), was governor of Liguria and Emilia for two years before he became the Bishop of Milan in 374 by popular acclamation. He was a staunch opponent of Arianism.
Only very few traces of the first church can still be found, as in the centuries after its construction, the basilica underwent numerous restorations and reconstructions. The current Romanesque church, mostly built in brickwork, was begun around 1080.
In 789, a Benedictine monastery was established here. The canons of the basilica, however, retained their own community. So two separate communities shared the basilica. In the 11th century, the canons adopted orders and became Canons Regular. From then on two separate monastic orders following different rules lived in the basilica. The canons were in the northern building, the cloister of the canons, while the monks were in the two southern buildings.
The two towers symbolize the division in the basilica. The 9th century Torre dei Monaci ("Tower of the Monks") tower was used by the monks. However, the canons did not have a bell tower and were not allowed to ring bells until they finished the Canons' bell tower in the 12th Century. This tower got two additional levels in 1889.
In 1943 the basilica got severely damaged by bombings. It took a decade to rebuilt and reconstruct the church.
In front of the basilica is the atrium, where originally the catechumens gathered during the mass. As they were not yet baptized, they were not allowed to enter the basilica. When they were waiting here, they could contemplate about the monsters and animals, that populate the capitals and lintels all around.
The intricate, unusual main portal is protected by a narthex.Two large animals cling to a pillar on the right.
At the end of the Roman empire Milan was besieged by the Visigoths in 402, looted by the Huns in 452, and taken by the Ostrogoths in 539. Only 30 years later is belonged to the Kingdom of the Lombards, until in 774 Charlemagne defeated the Langobards and added Milan to the Carolingian empire. During Barbarossa´s (Frederik I) "Italian Campaigns" Milan was taken and destroyed to a great extent.
The "Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio" is much older and was not destroyed by Barbarossa´s troops. It is one of the most ancient churches in Milan, built by St. Ambrose in 379–386, outside the city of Milan on the site of a cemetery, where the martyrs of the Roman persecutions had been buried. The first name of the church was "Basilica Martyrum".
Ambrose, born into a noble family about 340 in (present-day) Trier (Germany), was governor of Liguria and Emilia for two years before he became the Bishop of Milan in 374 by popular acclamation. He was a staunch opponent of Arianism.
Only very few traces of the first church can still be found, as in the centuries after its construction, the basilica underwent numerous restorations and reconstructions. The current Romanesque church, mostly built in brickwork, was begun around 1080.
In 789, a Benedictine monastery was established here. The canons of the basilica, however, retained their own community. So two separate communities shared the basilica. In the 11th century, the canons adopted orders and became Canons Regular. From then on two separate monastic orders following different rules lived in the basilica. The canons were in the northern building, the cloister of the canons, while the monks were in the two southern buildings.
The two towers symbolize the division in the basilica. The 9th century Torre dei Monaci ("Tower of the Monks") tower was used by the monks. However, the canons did not have a bell tower and were not allowed to ring bells until they finished the Canons' bell tower in the 12th Century. This tower got two additional levels in 1889.
In 1943 the basilica got severely damaged by bombings. It took a decade to rebuilt and reconstruct the church.
In front of the basilica is the atrium, where originally the catechumens gathered during the mass. As they were not yet baptized, they were not allowed to enter the basilica. When they were waiting here, they could contemplate about the monsters and animals, that populate the capitals and lintels all around.
The intricate, unusual main portal is protected by a narthex.Two large animals cling to a pillar on the right.
(deleted account) has particularly liked this photo
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.