Vigevano I d e a l T o w n
Vigevano, just 35 km away from Milan, is a jewel, rich of gorgeous but little-known renaissance architecture and art.
Vigevano, just 35 km away from Milan, is a jewel, rich of gorgeous but little-known renaissance architecture and art.
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Sant’Ambrogio Cathedral<br />
Cattedrale di Sant’Ambrogio<br />
The building of the Cathedral dedicated to<br />
Sant’Ambrogio, Bishop of Milan, was started<br />
by the Duke Francesco II Sforza in 1532<br />
to a design by Antonio da Lonate and<br />
completed in 1606.<br />
The Baroque facade - designed by Bishop Juan<br />
Caramuel y Lobkowitz-was juxtaposed to<br />
remedy the asymmetry of the square in front.<br />
Inside are important works of art among which<br />
valuable paintings by Macrino d’Alba and<br />
Bernardino Ferrari.<br />
Adjacent to the Cathedral of Sant’Ambrogio<br />
is the Museo del Tesoro del Duomo which<br />
contains, as well as precious corals and<br />
miniature codices by Ferrante Decio, an<br />
extremely valuable reliquary in gold-plated<br />
silver by the Lombard school, Flemish<br />
tapestries and a sixteenth century<br />
wall-hanging used in Monza for the<br />
coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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