San Paolo Converso is a former church in Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

, northern Italy

Italy

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Built in 1546-1580 for the convent of the Order of the Angeliche, it has a nave with barrel vault

Barrel vault

A barrel vault, also known as a tunnel vault or a wagon vault, is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve along a given distance. The curves are typically circular in shape, lending a semi-cylindrical appearance to the total design...

 with a wall dividing the church reserved to the nuns to that for the common faithful, like in San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore

San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore

San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore is a church in Milan, northern Italy. It was originally attached to the most important female convent of the Benedictines in the city, Monastero Maggiore, which is now in use as an archaeological museum...

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The Baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 façade was designed in 1613 by Giovan Battista Crespi. The interior houses canvasses from the Cremonese masters Giulio

Giulio Campi

thumb|250px|Portrait of Alessandro Farnese.Giulio Campi was an Italian painter and architect. His brothers Vincenzo Campi and Antonio Campi were also renowned painters.-Biography:...

, Antonio

Antonio Campi

Antonio Campi was an Italian painter of the Renaissance.He was born in Cremona. His style merges Lombard with Mannerist styles. In Cremona, his extended family were the main artistic produce. Giulio Campi and Antonio were reportedly half-brothers, while Vincenzo Campi was a full brother....

 and Vincenzo Campi

Vincenzo Campi

Vincenzo Campi was an Italian painter of the Renaissance from Cremona.His style merges Lombard with Mannerist styles, however, unlike his siblings, he is known for a series of canvases, mostly painted after 1570s , displaying genre scenes and local produce. Many set at a food store front of some...

. The hall of the nuns had once a Pentecost by Simone Peterzano

Simone Peterzano

Simone Peterzano was an Italian painter of the later Mannerism, native of Bergamo. He is mostly known as the master of Caravaggio....

, now in the nearby church of Sant'Eufemia

Basilica di Sant'Eufemia (Milan)

Basilica di Sant'Eufemia is a church in Milan, Italy. It was established in 472....

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The church is now privately owned.