San Giovanni in Conca, Milan
Demolished church in Milan (Italy) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Giovanni in Conca was a church in the center of Milan, northern Italy, dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist. It had a Paleochristian origin and went through a renovation in Romanesque style. In the 13th century, it became part of the private compound of the Visconti house and transformed into the private chapel of Bernabò Visconti and his wife Regina Della Scala, Lord and Lady of Milan. After their deaths, it housed their burial site. In the 19th and 20th centuries, it was downsized and finally demolished. Only the crypt and part of the apse have been preserved and are today visible in Piazza Missori. Fragments of the frescoes decorating the walls and the burial monuments of Bernabò and his wife have been preserved and transferred to the Sforza Castle Civic Museums (Museo d'Arte Antica).
San Giovanni in Conca, Milan | |
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Basilica di San Giovanni in Conca | |
45°27′39″N 9°11′18″E | |
Location | Piazza Missori 20123 Milan |
Country | Italy |
Denomination | Roman Catholic and Waldensian |
Tradition | Ambrosian Rite (Roman Catholic) |
Religious institute | Carmelites (from 1548 to 1783) |
History | |
Dedication | John the Evangelist |
Associated people | Bernabò Visconti and Regina della Scala (14th-century renovations) |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Demolished (crypt and part of the apse preserved) |
Style | Paleochristian and Romanesque |
Demolished | 19th and 20th centuries |