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Basilica of San Simpliciano

The Basilica of San Simpliciano is an ancient Roman Catholic church in the centre of , region of Lombardy, : the church, commissioned by the 4th century bishop St Ambrose, is the second-oldest known Christian church with a Latin cross layout.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: minor basilica
  • Also known as: “basilica di San Simpliciano”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pinacoteca di Brera and Brera Academy.

Museum
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The is the main public gallery for paintings in , Italy. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings from the 13th to the 20th century, an outgrowth of the cultural program of the , which shares the site in the Palazzo Brera. is situated 350 metres southeast of Basilica of San Simpliciano.

University
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The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, also known as the Accademia di Brera or , is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in , Italy. is situated 330 metres southeast of Basilica of San Simpliciano.

Observatory
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The Brera Observatory is an astronomical in the Brera district of , Italy. It is currently operated by the National Institute for Astrophysics and the Institute of Applied General Physics of the University of Milan. is situated 430 metres southeast of Basilica of San Simpliciano.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brera and Porta Tenaglia.

Suburb
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is a district of , . It is located within the and it is centred on Via . The name stems from Medieval Italian "braida" or "brera", derived from Old Lombardic "brayda", meaning a land expanse either cleared of trees or naturally lacking them.

Suburb
was one of the gates of the old Spanish walls of , . It owes its name to the so-called "Tenaglia", a fortified walls system that embraced the north-west side of the Sforza Castle.

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Suburban Milan is in the province of Milan.

Basilica of San Simpliciano

Latitude
45.47399° or 45° 28′ 26″ north
Longitude
9.18469° or 9° 11′ 5″ east
Elevation
130 metres (427 feet)
Open location code
8FQFF5FM+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 38000599
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
11839680
Wiki­data ID
Q509104
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Basilica of San Simpliciano” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “圣星波里新圣殿”
  • Czech: “Bazilika sv. Simpliciána”
  • Dutch: “Basilica of San Simpliciano”
  • French: “basilique San Simpliciano”
  • French: “Basilique San Simpliciano”
  • German: “San Simpliciano”
  • Hungarian: “San Simpliciano”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika Santo Simplisianus, Milan”
  • Italian: “Basilica del Carroccio”
  • Italian: “Basilica di S. Simpliciano”
  • Italian: “basilica di San Simpliciano”
  • Italian: “Basilica di San Simpliciano”
  • Italian: “Basilica Virginum”
  • Lombard: “Basilega de San Simplizzian”
  • Polish: “Bazylika San Simpliciano w Mediolanie”
  • Russian: “Базилика Сан Симплисиано”
  • Russian: “Сан-Симпличано”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de San Simpliciano”
  • Urdu: “باسیلیکا سان سمپیکیانو”
  • Western Panjabi: “باسیلیکا سان سمپیکیانو”

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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 “Basilica of San Simpliciano”. Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.