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San Babila

San Babila is a Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church in , region of Lombardy, . It was once considered the third most important in the city after the Duomo and the Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio. It is dedicated to Saint Babylas of Antioch.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church in Milan
  • Also known as: “San Babila Church” and “San Babila, Milan”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and Casa Fontana-Silvestri.

Photo: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is Italy's oldest active shopping arcade and a major landmark of . Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. is situated 670 metres west of San Babila.

Historic building
is one of the few Renaissance buildings surviving in , . The main structure dates back to the 12th century, but its current form is due to a thorough modification that were made at the end of the 14th century, in a style that mixes Renaissance and Gothic elements. is situated 130 metres northeast of San Babila.

Metro station
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is an underground station on Line 1 and Line 4 of the Milan Metro. It opened on 1 November 1964 as part of the inaugural section of the Metro, between and . The station is located at Piazza , in the city centre of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Verziere and Porta Monforte.

Quarter
Photo: Sordelli, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The was the traditional greengrocery street market of , . The market itself has been relocated several times, and it is now in Via Lombroso, east of the city centre; the word "Verziere", anyway, still refers to the main historic location of the market, where it was held from 1776 century until 1911.

Quarter
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is a district of , , located within the administrative division. It is named after the eponymous city gate, which was added in the 1890s to the existing Spanish walls of the city.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

San Babila

Latitude
45.46697° or 45° 28′ 1″ north
Longitude
9.19837° or 9° 11′ 54″ east
Elevation
132 metres (433 feet)
Open location code
8FQFF58X+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44448850
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
11127333
Wiki­data ID
Q1255602
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Spanish—“San Babila” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “kostel San Babila”
  • Dutch: “San Babila”
  • Esperanto: “Baziliko de Sankta Bàbila”
  • French: “basilique de San Babila”
  • French: “Basilique San Babila”
  • French: “San Babila”
  • German: “Basilika San Babila”
  • Hungarian: “San Babila”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika Santo Babilas, Milan”
  • Italian: “basilica di San Babila”
  • Italian: “Basilica di San Babila”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Babila”
  • Japanese: “サン・バビラ教会”
  • Lombard: “Gesa de San Babila”
  • Russian: “базилика Сан-Бабила”
  • Russian: “Сан-Бабила”
  • Russian: “церковь Сан-Бабила”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de San Babia”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “San Babila”. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.