Artwork

The Madonna of the olive tree or of peace

During the Holy Christmas of 1991, Franco Manzi, the then President of SEA-Aeroporti of Milan, gave the chapel this artistic low-relief made of bronze and defined by a Baroque style wooden frame. Milanese sculptor Enrico Pandiani made the artwork in 1895 and it reproduces a painting by Ligurian painter, Nicolò Barabino (1832-1891). The Madonna appears sitting on a throne, wrapped in a regal mantle, while holding baby Jesus on her knees. The Baby shakes a small olive branch, hence the title of the work “The Madonna of the olive tree” or of peace. The airport, being a “crossroads of people”, is the ideal place for the exchange of peace.

The Madonna of the olive tree

Altre opere:

Painting of the Madonna di Loreto

Aviation Saint Patron

Painting of Saint Joseph Worker

Patron of Linate workers

The Tabernacle

The ecumenical sculpture

behind the altar.

The twenty mysteries of the rosary

on the sidewalls of the Chapel

The “Memorial Monument” to the victims of aerial disasters

and for the deceased airport workers

The stele in the memory of the victims

of the Linate air crash of 2001