Sant'Alessandro in Zebedia in Milan was designed by Lorenzo Binago for the Barnabite order. Groundbreaking was in 1601, and Cardinal Federico Borromeo laid the first stone on March 30, 1602. The article gives no completion date. The infobox calls the style Baroque, and the text calls it a distinctive example of early Lombard Baroque.
The plan is a Greek cross with a central dome and a separate domed presbytery. The facade has bas-relief decoration and two campaniles. By early 1627 the central dome had deep cracks and was demolished, and Francesco Maria Richini redesigned it on Fabio Mangone's recommendations.
A 5th-century church on the ruins of the Pretorium stood here earlier, and tradition holds the Pretorium was the prison of the martyr Sant'Alessandro, which gave Zebedia its name. Interior works include paintings by Camillo Procaccini and Daniele Crespi. It is an active parish church. The article gives no hours.
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