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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Sancarlone is referenced by 60 other articles, and connects out to Lake Maggiore, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan and Giovanni Battista Crespi.
The entry is geolocated on the map in monument, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1698 establishments in Italy, Buildings and structures completed in 1698 and Buildings and structures in Arona, Piedmont.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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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Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 2
- Official website
- www.statuasancarlo.it
- Image
- SancarloneFeb032025 04.jpg
- Height
- 11.5
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- inception
- 1698-01-01
- Commons category
- Colossus of Saint Charles Borromeo
- phone number
- +39-0322-249669
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- fax number
- +39-0322-249669
- postal code
- 28041
- street address
- Piazzale San Carlo 2, 28041 Arona
- visitors per year
- 35013
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Background
- History of the monument
- Description
- Trivia
- See also
- References
- Sources
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sancarlone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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