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About Church of St. Maurice in Major Monastery

San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore is an old church that dates back to 1503. The church is often called "Sistine Chapel of Milan" due to its stunningly beautiful interior paintings. Literally, everywhere you look is covered with artwork. Built in the 16C, the exterior of this Benedictine monastic church is very plain. The main attraction of the monastery are frescoes, including a beautiful cycle of the 15th Century as well as wall paintings by Bernardino Luini.
Address : Corso Magenta, 15, 20123 Milano MI, Italy

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Basilica di Sant'AmbrogioThe Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio is a church in the centre of Milan, northern Italy. One of the most ancient churches in Milan, it was built by St. Ambrose in 379–386, in an area where numerous martyrs of the Roman persecutions had been buried. The first name of the church was in fact Basilica Martyrum. The monastery and church became a large landholder in northern Italy and into what is now the Swiss Canton of Ticino.
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Museum of Ancient ArtThe Museum of Ancient Art of Milan, located inside the Castello Sforzesco, is home to one of the most important collections of late antique, medieval and Renaissance sculptures and art objects in northern Italy. In fact, rich in over 2000 pieces exhibited in rooms adorned with frescoes from the Sforza and Spanish periods, including the Ducal Chapel, the museum houses works and masterpieces linked in particular to the history of the city and Lombardy, as well as works of art acquired over time fr
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About 10 million people, forming one-sixth of Italy's population, live in Lombardy and about a fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in the region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest regions in Europe.

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