Chiesa parrocchiale di San Marco

Milan has no shortage of grand church fronts. The Chiesa parrocchiale di San Marco stops you on the street with a façade packed with intricate detail. It ranks as a magnificent example of Milanese architecture. If the city's religious and cultural history draws you, this building repays a long look. Step through the doors and centuries of art surround you.

Inside, chapels run along the right-hand nave one after another. The Chapel of San Marco and the Chapel of Saint Augustine each carry their own frescoes and altar. In the right transept, a fresco of the Crucifixion survives from the fourteenth century. The work is a testament to the church's long historical significance. Among the tombs are those of notable figures such as Giacomo Bossi and Martino Aliprandi.

The vestry and the presbytery hold closets from the seventeenth century, evidence of generations of service to the community. The cloister offers a different rhythm: a quiet escape, surrounded by plaques that echo the stories of the past.