Piazza San Fedele (''Saint Fedele Square'' in English) is sited in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

near

Palazzo Marino Palazzo Marino is a 16th-century palace located in Piazza della Scala, in the centre of Milan, Italy. It has been Milan's city hall since 9 September 1861. It borders on Piazza San Fedele, Piazza della Scala, Via Case Rotte and Via Tommaso Mari ...

(Milan's Municipal office), the Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery and

Piazza della Scala Piazza della Scala is a pedestrian central square of Milan, Italy, connected to the main square of Milan, Piazza del Duomo, by the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II passage. It is named after the renowned Teatro alla Scala opera house, which occupie ...

in a pedestrian area in the centre of the city. The square is sited in front of at the homonymous San Fedele Church built based on an old project by

Pellegrino Tibaldi Pellegrino Tibaldi (Valsolda, 1527–Milan, 1596), also known as Pellegrino di Tibaldo de Pellegrini, was an Italian mannerist architect, sculptor, and mural painter. Biography Tibaldi was born in Puria di Valsolda, then part of the duchy of ...

in the 16th century and finally consecrated in the 18th century. In the centre of square there is a bronze statue honoring the writer

Alessandro Manzoni Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni (, , ; 7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian poet, novelist and philosopher. He is famous for the novel '' The Betrothed'' (orig. it, I promessi sposi) (1827), generally ranked among the maste ...

. The writer was born in the nearby Casa Manzoni in Belgiojoso square on 7 March 1785. On 6 January 1873, while exiting mass at the church of San Fedele, he fell on the steps. The head wound led to his demise on 22 May 1873. The statue was sculpted by

Francesco Barzaghi Francesco Barzaghi (1839–1892) was an Italian sculptor. Born in Milan, he had his initial training in the studios of Antonio Tantardini and a sculptor called Puttinati. He enrolled in the Accademia di Brera. Among his colleagues was Vincenz ...

and erected in 1883.

Bibliography

*''Milano e Provincia'', Touring Club Italiano, ed.2003, Autori Vari. ''Italian'' San Fedele Odonyms referring to religion {{Milan-geo-stub