Church of St. Vittore in Meda (MB)

Via Giannino Antona Traversi 20036 Meda (MB)

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Church of St. Vittore in Meda

Restoration works

The church of St. Vittore, belonging to the former Benedictine monastery abandoned in 1798 and transformed by Pollak into a villa, is still owned by the family Antona Traversi. The restoration of the interior paintings began in the late '80s with a series of chemical and physical surveys carried out directly by the Commission for Architectural Heritage of Milano and continued, over the next twenty years, sponsored by private funds. The restructuring of the counter façade,  affected by infiltration of water from the outside with a consequent fall of plaster and paint films, started the restoration works, first with the paintings in the various chapels and after with the frescoes of Saints Pietro and Paolo, of San Carlo and Christ’s baptism on the left, and paintings dedicated to the Virgin of Rosario, attributed to Luini, and to the Saints Aimo and Vermondo on the right side. Interventions were then moved to the back of the church, adapted by Pollak, through the creation of a timber floor to the new utilization: protection of lemon trees for the lower part and barn for the upper one. The melting of the walls of the former greenhouse revealed the ancient frescoes in the recesses of the wall that separated the church from the cloister - frescoes that were later restored.

By Marina Rosa

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