S. Maria della Passione is one of the most interesting lombard buildings, with the Bramante mark, from the Renaissance era. The original plan was set out in a central design by the architect Giovannin Battagio (from 1486). There is a Greek cross, in the central nucleus, commissioned by Daniele Birago as well as three naves and lateral chapels designed by Martino Bassi in 1573. It is still possible to see the plan by the first architect, in the presbytery, especially of the free columns, which conform to the original design and the angular chapels which were much changed by the choir-stall, on which Cristoforo Lombardo put his mounumental lantern in the 16th century. There is a rich heritage of paintings by major, lombard artists of the 16th century in the church.
Milan