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Abbazia di Chiaravalle-Facciata
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In 1135 Cistercian monks from Moiremont, near Dijon (whence the name of another Lombard abbey, Morimondo), established themselves at Coronate, near the pieve of Abbiategrasso. Another group of Cistercians, coming from Cîteaux, reached Milan in early 1135, as guests of the Benedictines of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, to support the cause of Pope Innocent II against Antipope Anacletus II. The papal dispute was resolved in favour of the former, thanks to the intervention of the Cistercian founder Bernard of Clairvaux. He decided to reclaim the marshy area south of Milan and found a new abbey there; he left a group of friars in the city with the task of collecting money for the construction. After a series of temporary buildings had been constructed, the construction of the permanent church was begun around 1150-1160; it was consecrated on 2 May 1221. Works continued in the 13th century with the first cloister, south of the church, and, in the 14th century, the crossing tower and the refectory. In 1412 a small chapel was built next to the southern transept. Today it is used as the sacristy. In 1442 the abbey was placed in commendam. In 1490 Cardinal Ascanio Sforza (the brother of Ludovico il Moro, duke of Milan) commissioned Bramante and Giovanni Antonio Amadeo to construct the Chiostro Grande (large cloister) and the chapterhouse. During the Renaissance, numerous painters and artists worked in the abbey: to this period belong for example Bernardino Luini's works. In the years 1614 to 1616 the brothers Giovanni Battista and Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, called i Fiammenghini, decorated the interior walls of the church with the frescoes which are still visible today. When the Napoleonic Cisalpine Republic was founded in 1798, the monastery was partly demolished. What remained included the church, part of the small cloister, the refectory and the entrance buildings. In 1861 Bramante's cloister was destroyed to make way for the construction of the Milan-Pavia-Genoa railway. The abbey remained a private property until 1894, while the Cistercians returned in 1952. The dome’s frescoes were restored in the years 1970-1972; further works of restoration have been in progress since 2004. from Wikipedia


Abbazia di Chiaravalle
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The Abbey of Santa Maria di Rovegnano, Chiaravalle Milanese (Latin: Sanctæ Mariæ Clarævallis Mediolanensis) is a Cistercian monastic complex in the comune of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. The borgo that has developed round the abbey was once an independent commune called Chiaravalle Milanese, now included in Milan and referred to as the Chiaravalle district. The abbey was founded on 22 January 1135 as a daughterhouse of Clairvaux; it is one of the first examples of Gothic architecture in Italy, although maintaining some late Romanesque influences. Wikipedia


Pilastro circolaro affrescato dai Fiammenghini della navata centrale nell'Abbazia di Chiaravalle
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The pillars around the nave are all covered by the fresco started from 12th century


"Martirio di san Casimiro e dei monaci di Olivia in Prussia", 1615
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The fresco on the left wing and the statute was La Resurrezion by Gacomo Manzù


Il portale centrale / The central door (from 16th century)
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Il portale centrale impreziosito da battenti lignei del XVI secolo.


Affreschi della controfacciata, 1614
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Fresco Offerta a san Bernardo del modello della chiesa abbaziale


"Madonna con il Bambino e santi" by Callisto Piazza, 1549
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This fresco was at the entrance from cloisters to the church


La "Madonna ocn il Bambino e due angeli musicanti" di Bernardino Luini, 1512
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The painting was at the end of the dark stairs


Ingresso
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Cortile interno e negozio dell'Abbazia


Is space real or an illusion?
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Chiaravalle monastery, best on black


"Angeli che annoano il fervore dei monaci nella preghiera comune" dal 1613
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The fresco behind those wooden seats


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"Martii cistercensi in gloria", 1615
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The fresco on the roof of left wing


"Angeli e arcangeli" dal 1613, volta del coro
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The fresco on the roof of the choir


Un capitello a crochets abbinato a testine umane, 13th century
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Pillar decorated with human heads


Chiaravalle Abbey
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View of the carved wooden choir.


vita monacale
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Chiaravalle (MI), luglio 2011


Il seicentesco organo
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The organ on the right wing


The clock is moving backwards
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Abbazia Chiaravalle, Milan


"... Anno domini MCCCXXVIII..."
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A stone written year 1428