Santa Maria presso San Satiro

Santa Maria presso San Satiro (Italian St. Mary the Holy Satyrus ) is a church in Milan.

At the site of the present church was once a memorial that was built by Archbishop Anspertus 879 for Saint Marcellina and Satyrus, brother or sister of Ambrose of Milan. The present church was built in 1472-1482 by order of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza. According to some sources comes the design of Donato Bramante, who had recently moved here from the above brands. Some sources point out, however, that Bramante (apart from the Sakristein and the perspective design of the presbytery ) the construction of the church itself played only a minor role and most of Giovanni Antonio Amadeo is attributable, who designed the facade. Nevertheless, it is believed that the idea of ​​a central module design for the church goes back to Bramante. How is the plant of the floor plan shows the arms of the transept are identical to that of the nave, and only the urban predicament prevented through the course of a road directly behind the choir room a pure Zentralbaulösung, why Bramante served for the design of the presbytery of a perspective artifice. The design of Bramante for the sacristy is also crucial for the development of the central building idea. For here is Bramante modeled after the converted by him to the same church early Christian church of S. Satiro ( 9th century ), also Cappella della Pietà or Sacello di S. Satiro called an early version of the quincunx solution to. The case developed, so-called Milan diagram of a penetration of circular and square figure are part of his design for St. Peter continued.

The building consists of nave and two aisles with barrel vaults. The ship is crowned by a dome over crossing with the transept. The choir has for a main road only a depth of 90 cm; Therefore Bramante created an illusionistic painting, which is one of the first examples of trompe l' oeil.

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