San Bernardino alle Ossa is a church in Milan, known for its small side chapel decorated with numerous human skulls and bones. In 1210, when there was not enough space for burial in the neighboring cemetery, a room for storing bones was built in the church. In 1679, Giovanni Andrea Biffi modified the facade and decorated the morgue walls with human skulls and tibias. The morgue vault was carved in 1695 by Sebastiano Ricci. There you can admire the reliefs of the Triumph of Souls and Angels. The pictures in the room will depict the Holy Virgin, Saint. Ambrose, Saint. Sebastian and St. Bernardine of Siena. Niches and doors are decorated with Rococo bones.
The church was built in 1269. It underwent reconstruction in 1679. It was destroyed by fire in 1712. Then a new church dedicated to St. Bernardine of Siena.
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