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San Carlo al Corso is a neo-classical church downtown Milan, located in a square, in Corso Vittorio Emanuele, between San Babila and the Duomo.
The current Basilica of San Carlo al Corso, which is considered the conclusive work of neoclassicism, not only in Milan but throughout Italy, rises in the area of the ancient church of Santa Maria de ‘Servi’, built in 1317.
In the first half of the last century, when the new town plan was given to the historical center of Milan, the axis linking the Duomo and the eastern gate, then called the Servite Lane, now Corso Vittorio Emanuele, became more important.
The old church of Santa Maria Servites, which stood sideways was then demolished and Carlo Amati, Milan architect, began to build the new temple dedicated to Saint Carlo Borromeo in 1839.
Inaugurated in 1847, the basilica , in the neoclassical style, was inspired in its circular patterns, by the Pantheon in Rome, drew not only from the dome as large as the body of the Church, even from internal exedras and 36 monolithic columns of granite Baveno, bordering the square.