Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio
This church, Santa Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio, ties its identity directly to the Naviglio Grande. A devotion here dates back to the 16th century: in 1556 a chapel was built on the left bank to house an image of the Madonna regarded as miraculous. That earlier chapel was demolished, replaced by a larger Baroque church, which was then devastated by fire in 1719 and later restored. By the mid-19th century, the community had grown enough that in 1849 the site was raised to parish status. At the end of the 1800s, the aging church was considered too small, and plans were prepared—first by Gaetano Moretti—before Cesare Nava’s definitive design, dated to 1900, was adopted. …
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