Church of Saints Barnabas and Paul

The Church of Saints Barnabas and Paul is located in the Guastalla Park area of Milan. The temple was built by architect Galeazzo Alessi in 1561. This is the first building of the Varnavit Order built in Milan.

Beautiful facade in the style of Mannerism horizontal cornice is divided into two parts and crowned with a triangular pediment decorated with carved garlands. In the lower part between two pairs of Ionic columns with pilasters is the main entrance, and on the sides between the columns in the semicircular niches of the statue of the Apostle Barnabas and St. Ambrose. In the upper part between two pairs of small Corinthian columns is a semicircular window, and on the sides between the columns of the statue of St. Peter and St. Paul.

The cream walls of the large hall-nave and the side chapels are decorated with gold stucco. The temple has an interesting collection of paintings of the Mannerist era of the XV - XVI centuries. Of particular note are two large canvases on subjects from the Life of Saints Paul and Barnabas, the first work of Simone Peterziano in Milan (1572-1573).

In the temple is buried the founder of the order of Varnavi Anthony Maria Zacharias.