Colonna del Verziere (monument)
The Colonna del Verziere, or Verziere Column, is a Baroque-manneristic monument in Milan dedicated to “Jesus Christ the Redeemer” in Italian, “Cristo Redentore.” It stands in Largo Augusto, named after the Verziere—the traditional greengrocery market street—located in the surrounding district until 1783. Its story begins with a religious order: the Confraternity of the Sacred Cross of Porta Tosa, whose headquarters were nearby. The column was conceived as a votive offering celebrating the end of the plague in 1576–1577, and also as a counter to local beliefs about witches. Construction began in 1580, but after an initial completion in 1583, legal and bureaucratic problems led to demolition and repeated false starts, delaying the rebuild’s completion until 1611. …
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