Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio

Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio

Romanesque church of Milan's patron saint

⚠ Closed to visitors during Mass

Hours

Open daily; visits pause during Mass. Times vary by day, check on site

Tickets

Church free; the Ambrosius museum is about €6

Address

Piazza Sant'Ambrogio 15; the Ambrosius museum has its own door at no. 23

Bishop Ambrose founded this church in the 4th century, and Milanese people are fonder of it than of the Duomo. You cross a brick-arched atrium and the street noise just drops away at the door. The saint's remains lie beneath the high altar, itself a 9th-century piece of gold and silver work. Entry is free, so you can stand under the old vaults as long as you like.