Cishe ngamakhilomitha angama-40 ukusuka edolobheni laseMilan Bergamo. Inezimpande zayo edolobheni lamaCeltic elanqotshwa amaRoma futhi umlando wayo unamakhulu amaningi eminyaka ukhona. Ngaphakathi kwalokhu okubizwa nge-Upper City sithola izakhiwo zomlando ezihamba phambili futhi phakathi kwazo namuhla sikhuluma nge UCappella Colleoni eseduze kwesonto laseSanta Maria Maggiore.
IColleoni Chapel iyisonto futhi ngasikhathi sinye i-mausoleum. Inikezelwe kosanta abathathu, uBartolomeo, uJohn the Baptist noMarcos futhi yakhiwa njengendlu yomuntu siqu kaBartolomeo Colleoni, oyilungu lomunye wemindeni ebaluleke kakhulu edolobheni. Yakhiwa phakathi kuka-1472 no-1476 esizeni lapho kwakumi khona ubungcwele besonto laseSanta María Maggiore, badilizwa ngamasosha ayo ukuze kwakhiwe isonto. I-façade yenziwe ngemabula ye-polychrome, ngenhla komnyango wokungena kukhona iwindi lama-rose elinezindondo ezimbili ohlangothini ngalunye, enye inesithombe sikaTrajan kanti esinye esikaJulius Caesar. Kunamapuleti anezigcawu ezivela eBhayibhelini, ukukhululeka kokuxhashazwa kukaHercules nezithombe zazo zonke izimfanelo ezinhle. Ngaphakathi kukhona i-altare elikhulu, ithuna likaBartolomeo Colleoni uqobo (owafa ngo-1475), elihlotshiswe ngemifanekiso yempilo kaKristu nesithombe esikhazimulayo sokhuni esenziwe amakhosi aseJalimane ngo-1501.
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