Church of Saints John and Charles 'al Fopponino'

Remember that you will died

This macabre but unfortunately true writing is written on the chapel of death beside the wall of the church , on this wall a beautiful iron gate protects the church square, over the top of the two col...

Small sixty church with a mortar capell

Original Text

At the time of visiting the adjacent parish of San Francisco d' Assisi this morning I spoke for a few moments to watch both this sixty church and the small mortar caple,...

In the old Fopponino cemetery, a parish is rising two steps from San Vittore prison

Original Text

We are in Piazzale Aquileia where you cross the road of San Michele del Carso. This church has a typical Milan history that involves the territory of the "Saint Corps" aggregated to the Municipality of Mi...

Small and almost unknown in Milan

Original Text

Small church emerged in 1663 on the remains of what was lazzareted and then buried,from here the name "fopponino" in the Milan dialect small hole,fossa common for the appetites. They were buried here lost ...

Remember you have to die

Original Text

The "Fopponino" of Porta Vercellina (Aquileia Square, corner with S.Michele del Carso in Milan) is a minute hatchet of the dead, with bones and teaks likely from "manzonian peste ...