Milano city illustrated travel guide and tourist guide, place to visit in Milan

This is the copy of Jerusalem "Santo Sepolcro". Built in 1030 with the name of Santissima Trinità, in occasion of the first Lumbard Crusade and of the conquest of the Jerusalem Santo Sepolcro (1099), the churc change his name in "Santo Sepolcro". It has an undergrond level but with limited access.

In the Street "Santa Barnaba" n° 46. Templars - I Templari, arrived in Milano in 1135 with Bernardo di Chiaravalle. The members lived in the church of Sant'ambrogio, but had their headquarte in the street now is called "via della Commenda" - near Porta Romana. Due to Clemente V excommunication in 1312, Templars lost all the properties and the church tried to delete every item of their presence. But a lot of stuff remain, like this building.

Zoom detail - entrance - Templar Cross

In Santo Stefano Square. Built on an ancient "Lazzaretto", inside the chapel the walls are coverd by human bones. The legend says that on 02 November the bones of a children go out the church to dance. The church is closed for the night to avoid people coming in, or someone else out...

Lazzaretto: the ancient place where sick person used to go to avoid share the illness with the rest of the population. In Milano there were a lot of "lazzaretto" - one was in the street now called "via Lazzaretto".

The Caste is full of underground tunnels. Only 30% has been discovered. It is possible to visit them. This tunnels could connect the most important churches of the city. There are secret passages too.

There is a Corinthian Column in front of the church - you can see 2 holes on it - the legend says the Devil lost his horns leaving two holes (in the battle with S. Ambrogio)

This abbey was founded in honor of Bernardo di Chiaravalle, head of Templar Knights. It is nearby Milano. Take the tube, yellow line, stop Rogoredo. Then take a taxi - 5 minutes. Strongly Recommended. There is also a little shop for artigianal food and stuff done manually by friars. The Abbey is very beautiful too - very similar to Mont Saint Michelle Abbey in France.

located in Via Torino - Torino Street: Inside the church there's a Trompe l'oeil done by Bramante. It is spectacular because it gives the idea of a deepness even if the church is very little. Bramante wasn't given the space to build a big church, so he has created the illusion of deepness.

During the war in 1915-18 under the Central Station has been created a lot of tunnel like shelter. The legend says that there's a second level down beside the first. Some strange creatures stay there. Tramps who lives there confirm that something strange lives there. Some tunnels were used by Postal Department to connect Postal Headquarter (via F. Aporti) and the station. Recently the tunnels has been closed and it's possible to visit the "binario 21" where trains started to go to Auschwitz during second war world.

located in Via Santa Barnaba 40 - see the Jerusalem Cross on the big window surrounded by other 4 crosses. This was used by Santo Sepolccro Knights - it's a templar sign that say they had been here.

As said before just 30% of these tunnels has been discovered. They are open and it's possible to visit. Organized tours available inside the castle.

Nearby Viale Monza , Tube Stop Gorla. Search for Villa Ottolenghi-Battiani-Finzi. In the villa's garden there's a neoclassical temple: "Il tempietto dell'Innocenza". Then you can see a little hill with a hole: downstair there's another temple, called "Tempio della notte". A very rare circolar temple, well hidden from outside, which has been a secret place for masonic meetings. Out of popular tourist tracks.

The painting is inside the Pinacoteca di Brera. On 24 June few years ago, in the "San Giovanni night", a videocam recorded a naked woman coming out from the painting and then disappearing. After X ray examination it was discovered another painting under the first showing something like a disc and some little human figures with 4 arms.

Milano Chiesa di San Sepolcro, San Sepolcro church