Basilica of San Lorenzo
The Basilica of San Lorenzo Maggiore is a Roman Catholic church in Milan, Northern Italy. Located within the city's ring of navigli, it is one of the oldest churches in the city, originally built in Roman times, but subsequently rebuilt several times over the centuries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: church building in Milan, Italy
- Also known as: “Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Colonne di San Lorenzo and Piazza Vetra.
Colonne di San Lorenzo
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The Colonne di San Lorenzo or Columns of San Lorenzo is a group of ancient Roman ruins, located in front of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in central Milan, region of Lombardy, northern Italy.
Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Library
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The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, Italy, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, whose agents scoured Western Europe and even Greece and Syria for books and manuscripts. Biblioteca Ambrosiana is situated 690 metres northeast of Basilica of San Lorenzo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrobbio and Bottonuto.
Bottonuto
Locality
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The Bottonuto was an ancient district of Milan, Italy, located near the center of the city. Dating back to Roman times, in the late 19th the district had become a place of ill repute, brothels and open-air outhouses.
South Milan
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
Southern Milan is chiefly a residential part of Milan. While you can find a couple of old landmarks in here, there aren't as much of them as in the Centro Storico, and this part of the city is more "local" and "ordinary".
Basilica of San Lorenzo
- Categories: early Christian basilica, parish church, architectural ensemble, and religion
- Location: Centro Storico, Milan, Province of Milan, Grande Milano, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Western Panjabi—“Basilica of San Lorenzo” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Базіліка Сан-Ларэнца-Маджорэ”
- Chinese: “圣老楞佐圣殿 (米兰)”
- Chinese: “圣老楞佐圣殿”
- Czech: “Bazilika sv. Lorenza”
- Dutch: “Sint-Laurensbasiliek (Milaan)”
- Dutch: “Sint-Laurensbasiliek”
- Esperanto: “Baziliko de Sankta Laŭrenco de Milano”
- French: “basilique Saint-Laurent de Milan”
- French: “Basilique Saint-Laurent de Milan”
- German: “Basilika San Lorenzo Maggiore alle Colonne”
- German: “San Lorenzo Maggiore”
- Hungarian: “San Lorenzo (Milánó)”
- Hungarian: “San Lorenzo”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Santo Laurensius, Milan”
- Italian: “Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore”
- Italian: “basilica di San Lorenzo”
- Italian: “Basilica di San Lorenzo”
- Japanese: “サン・ロレンツォ大聖堂”
- Lombard: “Gesa de San Lorenz (Milan)”
- Lombard: “Gesa de San Lorenz”
- Polish: “bazylika św. Wawrzyńca w Mediolanie”
- Polish: “kościół San Lorenzo w Mediolanie”
- Portuguese: “Basílica de São Lourenço”
- Russian: “Базилика Сан-Лоренцо-Маджоре”
- Russian: “Базилика Святого Лаврентия”
- Sardinian: “Cattedrale San Lorenzo”
- Slovenian: “Bazilika svetega Lovrenca, Milano”
- Slovenian: “Bazilika svetega Lovrenca”
- Spanish: “Basílica de San Lorenzo (Milán)”
- Spanish: “Basílica de San Lorenzo”
- Turkish: “San Lorenzo Bazilikası”
- Urdu: “سان لورینزو کا باسیلیکا، میلان”
- Western Panjabi: “سان لورینزو دا باسیلیکا، میلان”
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