San Carlo Al Corso
San Carlo al Corso may refer to: * San Carlo al Corso, Milan, church in Milan, Italy * San Carlo al Corso, Noto, church in Noto, Italy * Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso (usually known simply as ''San Carlo al Corso'') is a basilica churches of Rome, church in Rome, Italy, facing onto the central part of the Via del Corso. The apse of the church faces across the street, the Mausoleu ...

San Carlo Al Corso, Milan
San Carlo al Corso is a neoclassic style, Roman Catholic church located in the Piazza of San Carlo, just off Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, just west of the Piazza San Babila, in central Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy. History and decoration The site of the present church was occupied by a monastic complex of the Servite Order, founded as early as 1290, and including the church of Santa Maria dei Servi. This church and monastery was frescoed by Fiammenghino, but in addition included works by Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Federico Macagni, and Daniele Crespi. The monastery was suppressed in 1799, during the Napoleonic occupation. The immediate neighborhood also had ancient small parish churches of San Pietro all Orto and San Giorgio alla Nocetta, or later San Giorgio Alamanno. In the 19th-century desires for modern urban planning motivated the municipality to desire to create a linear boulevard from the Piazza of the Duomo of Milan to the piazza San Babila. With the approval of the local pa ...
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San Carlo Al Corso, Noto
San Carlo al Corso is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church located on Corso Vittorio Emanuele #119 in the town of Noto, region of Sicily, Italy. This is also known as the ''Collegiata'' or collegiate church due to the adjacent Jesuit seminary and monastery. History and description The present church, dedicated to San Carlo Borromeo, replaced an earlier church. This church likely designed by Rosario Gagliardi, was part of the town reconstruction after the 1693 Sicily earthquake. The concave façade has three superimposed orders of columns, identified by their capitals from base to roofline as Doric, Ionic and Corinthian; in the progression expected in classical construction. The third story has floral oculus. The interior has a longitudinal layout with a barrel vault sustained by pilasters. The main altar was rescued from the prior church. Inside the church, the 18th-century altarpieces display a ''Sacrifice of Isaac''; a ''Flight into Egypt''; a ''Deposition''; ''San Carlo B ...
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