The Tempio della Vittoria, or Temple of the Victory, is a monumental war memorial chapel in Milan, Italy. Commissioned after World War I by the Associazioni Combattentistiche to honor the soldiers from Milan who fought in the war, the work on the shrine began in 1927 and it was inaugurated on 4 November 1928.
The white marble shrine has eight triumphal arches representing the eight former gates of Milan. Each main side has a relief depicting a battle with a stone urn holding earth from the battlefield. A statue of St Ambrose tramples the seven sins stands at the entrance gates.
Despite the damage it suffered from the 1943 Allied bombardment, the shrine was restored. In 1973, three subterranean floors containing an ossuary were added, featuring bronze plaques listing the names of ten thousand soldiers and patriots who died in the two World Wars.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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