Sancarlone
Sign in to saveThe San Carlone or Sancarlone or the Colossus of San Carlo Borromeo is a massive copper statue by Giovanni Battista Crespi, erected between 1614 and 1698, near Arona, Italy. It represents Charles Borromeo, a Catholic saint and former archbishop of Milan. According to sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi "The statue of St. Charles Borromeo is the first known example of a statue of repousse copper, worked with the hammer inside and outside, and freely supported on iron beams". Today, the complex is maintained by Milan's Biblioteca Ambrosiana.
Key facts
- Monument.monument_name
- Colossus of San Carlo Borromeo
- Monument.native_name
- Sancarlone
- Monument.image
- SancarloneFeb032025 04.jpg
- Monument.caption
- San Carlone
- Monument.location
- Arona, Piedmont, Italy
- Monument.designer
- Giovan Battista Crespi
- Monument.type
- Monument
- Monument.material
- Copper plates on iron frame, granite pedestal
- Monument.height
- Pedestal and base: Figure:
- Monument.begin
- 1614
- Monument.complete
- 1698
- Monument.open
- 1698
- Monument.dedicated_to
- Charles Borromeo ("San Carlo")
- Monument.mapframe
- yes
- Monument.mapframe zoom
- 10
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The San Carlone or Sancarlone or the Colossus of San Carlo Borromeo is a massive copper statue by Giovanni Battista Crespi, erected between 1614 and 1698, near Arona, Italy. It represents Charles Borromeo, a Catholic saint and former archbishop of Milan. According to sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi "The statue of St. Charles Borromeo is the first known example of a statue of repousse copper, worked with the hammer inside and outside, and freely supported on iron beams". Today, the complex is maintained by Milan's Biblioteca Ambrosiana.
== Background == Charles Borromeo, cardinal and archbishop of Milan, was born on 2 October 1538 in the castle of Arona (Rocca di Arona) overlooking Lake Maggiore. He died in Milan on 4 November 1584. The promotion of his cult began almost overnight, and he was canonized by Pope Paul V, just sixteen years later, on 1 November 1610.
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