Chiesa di San Babila

This was a pagan temple in the 2nd century which was transformed into a church by the holy bishop of Antioch, St. Babila. The church was rebuilt between 1096 and 1097. There are three naves inside, with a covered central nave and four spans. The nave finishes with three semicircular apses, the middle of which ressembles the one in the Sant'Ambrogio church. It was built in the Visconti era and in the Baroque period with the addition of a frontal span which changed the outward appearance. The restoration of the facade and the rebuilding of the belltower in a New-Romantic style was planned by the architect Bianchi who renovated the church in 1906. Alessandro Manzoni was baptised in this church on the 8th March 1785.

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