In Milan there are many churches and unlike many other cities, there are churches of almost all historical periods and all styles.The same two most important churches of Milan, the Duomo, alias the Church of Santa Maria Nascente, and the Basilica of Sant Ambrogio include stylistic elements from various eras, reflecting the long history of the Lombard capital. You can therefore find churches with still Roman elements, like the
Basilica of San Lorenzo Maggiore, the romanic basilicas, of which the
Basilica of San Simpliciano is the purest example, churches in Gothic style, in its special Lombard version, like the
Church of Santa Maria Incoronata, renessaince jewels, like the
Portinari Chapel, churches in baroque style, from the more graceful one, like in the
Church of Sant'Antonio Abate, to the the almost overwhelming one like in the
Church of Sant Alessandro in Zebedia. Then there is the case of churches that recent interventions have led to curious mixtures of styles, and in which it is difficult to understand what is original and what is a recent change in imitation of the old styles. This is the case of the Basilicas
of San Babila, di
Sant'Eufemia and
San Calimero.