Chiesa di Santa Maria Segreta
Santa Maria Segreta draws its name from something older than the church itself: on this same spot there was a Roman *sacellum*—a small temple—dedicated to Demeter, the Greek goddess associated with the earth, fertility, harvest, and birth. In Milan, that layering of sacred sites fits a wider early Christian pattern: Saint Ambrose ordered the demolition of pagan temples and the building of Christian churches, sometimes right where the older worship had stood. The medieval church that followed was built in 836 and then rebuilt in the 17th century in a Baroque style. That earlier structure was demolished in 1911 to make way for the construction of the postal palace, and the present church was planned in its place. Construction of the new complex began in 1912 and was completed in 1918, designed by Augusto Brusconi. …
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