Sant'Agostino Basilica, Minor basilica in Milan, Italy.
Sant'Agostino Basilica is a Romanesque Revival church on Via Copernico, near Milan's Central Station. Its red-brick facade has three portals under mosaic lunettes, a marble-columned loggia, and a tall central nave with a wooden truss ceiling. The octagonal tiburio rises over the crossing.
The basilica was designed around 1900 by Milanese architect Cecilio Arpesani, at a time when the city was going through rapid industrial change. The choice of the Romanesque Revival style was a deliberate response to that change, looking back to the medieval building traditions of Lombardy.
The basilica is named after Saint Augustine, one of the most influential thinkers of the early Christian church, which gives it a particular standing in Milan's religious life. Those who step inside today will find it still functions as an active place of worship, with regular masses celebrated throughout the week.
The basilica is easy to reach on foot and sits in a lively part of Milan, making it simple to combine a visit with a walk through the surrounding streets. Visitors are asked to dress modestly with covered shoulders and knees, and it is best to come outside of service times to move around freely.
The facade's middle level has a loggia on Corinthian marble columns: five arches over the central nave and three over each side aisle, with two smaller seven-arch loggias above the five. The rear octagonal tiburio rises where the transept crosses the nave, and the main apse carries two bell gables.
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