Pinacoteca
PINACOTECA: OPENING HOURS FROM SEPTEMBER 1
Opening hours and access rules from September 1
25/09/2020
NEWS
The Colossus of Saint Charles in Arona, which popular tradition has affectionately dubbed San Carlone,
was created in the seventeenth century at the behest of Federico Borromeo.
He planned to create a colossal statue, visible even from the lake, to pass on to the future the grandeur of Saint Charles Borromeo, his cousin and predecessor as Bishop of Milan, who died in 1584 and was canonised in 1610.
The statue, hollow and more than 23 metres high, rests on a 12-metre-high granite base. It was made to a design by Giovanni Battista Crespi, known as Cerano. It was then assembled out of large sheets of copper hammered and joined with nails and iron rods by the sculptors Siro Zanella of Pavia and Bernardo Falcoli of Lugano. The work was completed in 1698.
It is the world’s second-highest statue, after the Statue of Liberty in New York. Its surface area is no less than 500 square metres. It is possible to visit the inside, through stairs, up to a height of 28 metres.
Since 1624 the Ambrosiana, at the behest of the Federico Borromeo himself, administers the complex on the hill of Arona.
Piazzale San Carlo
28041 Arona Novara, Italia
tel. and fax+39 0322 249 669
statuasancarlo@ambrosiana.it
www.statuasancarlo.it
Ticket
Single ticket – terrace and statue:
euro 6,00 (currently unavailable)
Single ticket – terrace only:
euro 3,50
DISCLAIMER: DUE TO PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO HELP CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS, OPENING HOURS AND ACCESS RULES MAY VARY IN THIS PERIOD. FIRST DAY OF OPENING MAY 30.
ALWAYS CHECK THE STATUE’S WEBSITE FOR COMPLETE AND UPDATED INFO
SUMMER OPENING HOURS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
JUNE
every weekend in June (Saturday and Sunday)
Opening hours 9.00-18.15
JULY
Open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Opening hours:
– Thursday and Friday: 9: 00-12: 20/14: 00-18: 15
– Saturday and Sunday: 9: 00-18: 15
AUGUST
From August 01 to 09 and from August 24 to 31:
Open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Opening hours:
– Thursday and Friday: 9: 00-12: 20/14: 00-18: 15
– Saturday and Sunday: 9: 00-18: 15
From August 10 to 23:
Open every day from 9:00 to 18:15
SEPTEMBER
Open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Opening hours:
– Thursday and Friday: 9: 00-12: 20/14: 00-18: 15
– Saturday and Sunday: 9: 00-18: 15
Last admission 30 minutes before closing; minimum necessary visiting time: approximately 30 minutes.
ANIMALS ARE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE GREEN AREA AND INSIDE THE STATUE.
Piazzale San Carlo
28041 Arona Novara, Italia
tel. and fax+39 0322 249 669
statuasancarlo@ambrosiana.it
www.statuasancarlo.it
Ticket
Single ticket – terrace and statue:
euro 6,00 (currently unavailable)
Single ticket – terrace only:
euro 3,50
DISCLAIMER: DUE TO PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO HELP CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS, OPENING HOURS AND ACCESS RULES MAY VARY IN THIS PERIOD. FIRST DAY OF OPENING MAY 30.
ALWAYS CHECK THE STATUE’S WEBSITE FOR COMPLETE AND UPDATED INFO
SUMMER OPENING HOURS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
JUNE
every weekend in June (Saturday and Sunday)
Opening hours 9.00-18.15
JULY
Open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Opening hours:
– Thursday and Friday: 9: 00-12: 20/14: 00-18: 15
– Saturday and Sunday: 9: 00-18: 15
AUGUST
From August 01 to 09 and from August 24 to 31:
Open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Opening hours:
– Thursday and Friday: 9: 00-12: 20/14: 00-18: 15
– Saturday and Sunday: 9: 00-18: 15
From August 10 to 23:
Open every day from 9:00 to 18:15
SEPTEMBER
Open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Opening hours:
– Thursday and Friday: 9: 00-12: 20/14: 00-18: 15
– Saturday and Sunday: 9: 00-18: 15
Last admission 30 minutes before closing; minimum necessary visiting time: approximately 30 minutes.
ANIMALS ARE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE GREEN AREA AND INSIDE THE STATUE.
Opening hours and access rules from September 1
Opening hours and access rules for the month of October
The exhibition shows a series of autograph documents of prominent women kept in the Ambrosiana.
The exhibition presents a selection of volumes that trace the history of medical studies from the beginning of the millennium to the time when Leonardo da Vinci was active, together with seven sheets of the Atlantic Code of anatomical subject.
