The main altar of the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan.
The splendid basilica of Milan, famous for its façade and cloister, is also very beautiful inside.
Behind it is the apse in golden mosaics and in the middle, protected by the ciborium, the splendid altar covered in gold and silver positioned right above the relics of Saints Gervasio and Protasio and of Ambrose himself.
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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Canon EF-M 11-22.
This is the official website of the church: basilicasantambrogio.it.
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The altar of Sant’Ambrogio is the main altar of the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan. The altar is the fulcrum of the renovation that the Frankish bishop Angilberto II carried out in Sant’Ambrogio. The ancient basilica, with its heritage of relics, is the place where the political and religious program that guides the reorganization of the city and the territory by the bishop, representative of the Carolingian power, is manifested.
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