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San Bernardo alle Ossa

San Bernardo alle Ossa

Milano, IT

In 1268, a small church was built. Before that, there was only a graveyard and a room were exhumed bones were gathered. In 1642, the bell tower of the Basilica di Santo Stefano collapsed and demolished the church and the ossuary. It was immediately rebuilt and has remained the same until today. The bones that are displayed in the ossuary are from local poor people. Most of them died of natural causes in the old Brolo hospital, but there are also skulls of people who died by violence or criminals who were beheaded.

San Biagio Maggiore

San Biagio Maggiore

Naples, IT

San Biagio Maggiore is a small church founded by Armenian monks. The current building dates from 1631.

San Cernin Church

San Cernin Church

Pamplona, ES

The church of San Saturnino, more commonly known as San Cernin, is a Gothic construction of the thirteenth century. In the Middle Ages, the church was located in the French borough of the city (Saint Saturnin is a French saint). As the boroughs of Pamplona were continually at war, the church's bell towers were crowned with defensive battlements that lasted until the 18th century.

San Domenico Maggiore

San Domenico Maggiore

Naples, IT

The basilica of San Domenico Maggiore is a Gothic church erected between 1238 and 1324 by friars of the Dominican order.

San Donà di Piave Cathedral

San Donà di Piave Cathedral

San Donà di Piave, IT

The Cathedral of Santa Maria delle Grazie was built in the 1920s on top of an old 15th-century church, rebuilt in the 19th century. Unfortunately, this old church was completely destroyed by Italian shells during the First World War. The sacred building and the bell tower were therefore rebuilt between 1919 and 1923 to a design by the Venetian architect Giuseppe Torres.

San Francesco alle Scale Church

San Francesco alle Scale Church

Ancona, IT

The church of San Francesco alle Scale was founded in 1323 by the Franciscans. In 1454, the Gothic façade of the portal that still stands today was built after the Porta della Carta of the Doge's Palace in Venice. Inside was a painting considered one of the masterpieces of the Renaissance painter Nicola di Maestro Antonio d'Ancona, currently on display at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.

San Francisco Convent

San Francisco Convent

Palma, ES

The San Francisco Convent is a complex that includes the small basilica of the same name, the cloister and several adjacent buildings. Construction of the basilica began in 1281, but the baroque facade with its tympanum and rose window is a 17th century reconstruction.

San Gimignano Cathedral

San Gimignano Cathedral

San Gimignano, IT

The collegiate basilica of Santa Maria Assunta, also known as the Cathedral of San Gimignano, is said to have been erected in 1056 and consecrated in 1148. In 1239 the church underwent a renovation that gave it its characteristic façade. During the Second World War, the church and its frescoes suffered considerable damage, which was repaired by repeated restoration campaigns.

San Ginés de Arlés

San Ginés de Arlés

Madrid, ES

The church of San Ginés is a Catholic church under the patronage of San Ginés de Arlés (303 or 308 AD). The building was built in the mid-seventeenth century, and together with the paintings and sculptures that it houses inside, it forms an important historical, artistic and architectural ensemble of the so-called Madrid de los Austrias.

San Giovanni Bosco

San Giovanni Bosco

Roma, IT

The Basilica of St. John Bosco was built in the early 1950s by the Sicilian architect Gaetano Rapisardi. On 12 September 1952, the foundation stone of the new building was laid by Clemente Micara, Cardinal Vicar of Rome. The church was inaugurated on 2 May 1959 by Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Cardinal Protector of the Salesians. A large part of the interior remained unfinished until 1964. The day after the inauguration, Pope John XXIII came to pray before the urn containing the remains of Don Bosco (1815-1888), brought from Turin for the occasion.

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