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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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- sacro monte di Arona
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Arona
- Employees
- 2
- Genre
- public art
- Main subject
- Charles Borromeo
- Material used
- bronze
- Creator
- Giovanni Battista Crespi
- Location
- sacro monte di Arona
- 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
- Wi-Fi access
- no
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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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