San Fedele museum, Religious museum at Piazza San Fedele, Milan, Italy
San Fedele Museum occupies a 16th-century Jesuit church on Piazza San Fedele across from the Scala in Milan. The collection displays religious artworks and relics spanning from medieval times to the present day.
Cardinal Carlo Borromeo commissioned architect Pellegrino Tibaldi to design this church in 1559 as a major Counter-Reformation center. The museum was established in 2014 to make the artistic collection housed within the church accessible to the public.
The church has long been a gathering place for artists and performers from the neighboring theater. Today the collection reflects this artistic bond through works by painters who shared ties with the Scala's creative world.
The museum is easily accessible just a few steps from the Scala in the downtown area. Plan at least an hour to explore the rooms, and note that regular opening times apply.
One chapel contains silver casts of ballet shoes donated by dancers from the neighboring Scala Theater. This uncommon collection reveals the long connection between this place and the artistic world of the theater.
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