Entering San Sepolcro, you cross the threshold into a magic place where time has come to a standstill.
Treading on the same stones where the greatest Roman emperors walked, the figures of legendary feats and who were real managers and entrepreneurs of the civilizations that have moulded history, with this event in the Crypt of San Sepolcro you will take a real leap back into the glorious past of this pearl set underground in the heart of Milan.
This precious suite remained in silence and in darkness for over 50 years, but today is ready to amaze those who wants to jump into the history thanks to a long restoration work, that brought us again in all its splendor the starry sky painted on the vaults of the presbitery, that could take inspiration from the original decoration of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and some very rich pictorial cycles to be discovered…
Not just a place, a plunge into the past
Going down the steps, a journey starts which crosses centuries of history; from the cult of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, via the Crusaders and even an encounter with the figure of Leonardo da Vinci. It is one of the places that tells the story of the Roman past of the city, even before that of the Middle Ages.
The history of the Crypt and of the Church of San Sepolcro starts around the year 1030, when it was founded. Leonardo da Vinci even studied the plan and conformation of this church, built where there once stood the site where the Romans managed trade in ancient Mediolanum.
It is thrilling to discover from the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci that the Crypt remained for all this time practically intact and unaltered… More than a thousand years of history!
One place, a thousand stories to tell
There are many ways to experience this unique place, which can be discovered in many different ways: at night by the light of a lantern or accompanied by a cocktail or a thematic dinner in the nearby Sala Sottofedericiana of the complex of the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, in the same building, which allows a unique journey into history, which can be completely personalized and constructed.
San Sepolcro and its crypt represent a unique place for your event. Without any doubt, one of the most authentic and fascinating journeys into an unusual Milan, still truly to be discovered and of which to reconstruct the past, through a journey which goes through history and the centuries, offering emotions never felt before in any other place in the heart of Milan.
