San Giorgio al Palazzo
San Giorgio al Palazzo is a baroque-style, Roman Catholic church in central Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy.Photo: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Milan
- Also known as: “San Giorgio al Palazzo Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Biblioteca Ambrosiana and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.
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 320 metres northeast of San Giorgio al Palazzo.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Photo: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy's oldest active shopping arcade and a major landmark of Milan. 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. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is situated 690 metres northeast of San Giorgio al Palazzo.
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
Museum
Photo: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana is a museum, which is situated 320 metres northeast of San Giorgio al Palazzo.
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.
Rebecchino
Locality
The Rebecchino was a historic neighborhood of Milan, Italy, located in the immediate surroundings of Milan's Cathedral, in what is now Piazza del Duomo.
San Giorgio al Palazzo
- Categories: architectural ensemble, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Centro Storico, Milan, Province of Milan, Grande Milano, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.46108° or 45° 27′ 40″ northLongitude
9.18404° or 9° 11′ 3″ eastInception
1899Open location code
8FQFF56M+CJOpenStreetMap ID
way 207376677OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q1255733
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“San Giorgio al Palazzo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣乔治堂”
- Chinese: “聖喬治堂”
- Czech: “kostel sv. Jiří v paláci”
- Dutch: “San Giorgio al Palazzo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سان جورجيو البلازو”
- French: “Église San Giorgio al Palazzo de Milan”
- French: “église San Giorgio al Palazzo”
- Hungarian: “San Giorgio al Palazzo”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Giorgio al Palazzo”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Giorgio al Palazzo”
- Lombard: “Gesa de San Giorg”
- Portuguese: “San Giorgio al Palazzo”
- Russian: “Церковь Сан-Джорджо аль Палаццо”
- Urdu: “سان جیورجیو ال پلازو”
- Western Panjabi: “سان جیورجیو ال پلازو”
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Highlights include Piazza San Giorgio and Club Grande Milano.
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