Chiesa di S. Nicolao della Flue

The church of Santa Maria della Passione dates from 1486. The original plan, an octagonal lantern with eight connected chapels, may have been designed by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo but built by Giovanni Battagio. It was therefore centralised, as in many Marian sanctuaries in Renaissance Lombardy. In 1573, at the request of Carlo Borromeo, the building was transformed into a longitudinal layout, more suitable for preaching. The naves were added by Martino Bassi and the baroque façade (17th century).

The Waldensian temple in Milan was built between 1949 and 1952 to replace the old Waldensian temple of 1881, demolished in the first years after the Second World War to allow the opening of via Alberto Albicci. On the outside, the building is characterized by its facade, which comes from the church of San Giovanni in Conca (the 19th century Waldensian temple). The facade, dating back to the twelfth century, was restored to its original form with a neo-Romanesque restoration in 1879. The interior of the church is in modern style.

In 1268, a small church was built. Before that, there was only a graveyard and a room were exhumed bones were gathered. In 1642, the bell tower of the Basilica di Santo Stefano collapsed and demolished the church and the ossuary. It was immediately rebuilt and has remained the same until today. The bones that are displayed in the ossuary are from local poor people. Most of them died of natural causes in the old Brolo hospital, but there are also skulls of people who died by violence or criminals who were beheaded.