The idea of building a new temple for Magenta was put forward by Don Cesare Tragella (provost vicar forane of the town from 1885 to 1910) to fulfill two duties: …

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The design of the church, dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours and Saint Joachim, was entrusted to the architect Alfonso Parrocchetti, who made it a neo-Renaissance work, based on a wider central nave and two narrower and lower side naves, with a length of 87 meters, a transept length of 30 meters and a height of 57 meters at the lantern, dimensions that make it the largest in the diocese after the Milan Cathedral. Source: Wikipedia

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