Portinari Chapel
The Portinari Chapel is a Renaissance chapel at the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio, Milan, northern Italy. Commenced in 1460 and completed in 1468, it was commissioned by Pigello Portinari as a private sepulchre and to house a silver shrine given by Archbishop Giovanni Visconti in 1340 containing the relic head of St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Renaissance chapel at the Basilica of Sant’Eustorgio, Milan
- Also known as: “cappella Portinari”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Basilica of Sant’Eustorgio and Museo di Sant’Eustorgio.
Basilica of Sant’Eustorgio
Church
Photo: Geobia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio is a church in Milan in northern Italy, which is in the Basilicas Park city park. It was for many years an important stop for pilgrims on their journey to Rome or to the Holy Land, because it was said to contain the tomb of the Three Magi or Three Kings.
Museo di Sant’Eustorgio
Museum
Photo: Jwslubbock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Museo di Sant’Eustorgio is a museum.
Diocesan Museum of Milan
Museum
Photo: Trotter Christie, CC0.
The Diocesan Museum of Milan is an art museum in Milan housing a permanent collection of sacred artworks, especially from Milan and Lombardy. Originally conceived by Ildefonso Schuster in 1931 as a vehicle to protect and promote the art collection of the… Diocesan Museum of Milan is situated 110 metres northwest of Portinari Chapel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ticinese and Carrobbio.
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".
Portinari Chapel
- Categories: chapel and tourism
- Location: Centro Storico, Milan, Province of Milan, Grande Milano, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.45413° or 45° 27′ 15″ northLongitude
9.18225° or 9° 10′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8FQFF53J+MVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1378581047OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q549951
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Portinari Chapel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “波尔蒂纳里小堂”
- Dutch: “Portinari Chapel”
- French: “chapelle Portinari”
- French: “Chapelle Portinari”
- German: “Portinarikapelle”
- Italian: “cappella Portinari”
- Italian: “Cappella Portinari”
- Slovenian: “Portinarijeva kapela”
- Spanish: “Capilla Portinari”
- Urdu: “پورتیناری چیپل”
- Western Panjabi: “پورتیناری چیپل”
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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 “Portinari Chapel”. Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.