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 Historic bank |
3 Piazza Tommaso Edison Milan, Milan 20123 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) http://www.bancaditalia.it/ |
Designed by Luigi Broggi between 1907 and 1912, this building is characterized by a monumental style with a markedly nationalistic decorative, rhetoric flavour. Built in cooperation with Giuseppe Nava, in line with the culture of the Brera Arts Academy at which Broggi was a professor, this building was one of the first to be constructed in this area of the city that would eventually become the business district. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Mish-mash of styles |
8 Via Cappuccini Milan, Milan 20122 Italy |
This building that has had a chequered career in terms of critical approval; built by Giulio Ulisse Arata between 1911 and 1914, it represents a mixture of styles. The superb craftsmanship visible in the architectural and decorative elements is due to the high quality of the workmanship of the various famous companies of Milan who worked on it. Notwithstanding the criticism, it remains one of the most innovative and original pieces of architecture from that period. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Suburban residence |
202 Viale Sarca Milan, Milan 20126 Italy |
This rural home has partly conserved the characteristics of a noble residence. The building, designed by an unknown architect, does not reflect a unitary design: it was extended throughout the course of time from the initial structure which dates from the early 15th century. Most of the work took place in the 16th century. There is an interesting display of paintings on the first floor, and the large loggia on the top floor is an unusual architectural solution. The building also underwent two separate restorations in 1910 and 1953. It now belongs to the Pirelli company who use it for meetings and private events. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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20th century masterpiece |
12 Via Moscova Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
This was designed in 1919-1923 by the Studio Barelli-Colonnese, where the young Muzio also worked. The strange name is due to the perplexed reactions that the building aroused after completion. In fact, it is completely different from the architecture of its day, in that it adopts a quiet, abstract, geometric form of decoration, in which architectural orders and decor are treated as two-dimensional graphic elements. Despite the criticism at the time, today it is considered a masterpiece of Italian early 20th-century architecture. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Floral motifs abound |
11 Via Vincenzo Bellini Milan, Milan 20126 Italy |
Designed and built between 1904 and 1906 by Alfredo Camapanini, this building is symptomatic of the architect's devotion to the Art Nouveau style. The building is characterized by the lively floral decoration, that reaches its peak in the portal above which two female figures emerge. The wrought iron-work was made by the famous company Mazzucotelli-Englemann. Feature of interest: The interiors of the hall and porter's office where the original decorations are preserved. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Luigi Broggi's Project |
20 Via Matteo Bandello Milan, Milan 20123 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
This house was designed by Luigi Broggi in 1882-1885 for the Candiani family, renowned manufacturers of terracotta items. The nature of the family business can be seen from the richly decoration façade, which is a remarkable example of how this traditional Lombard building material can be used. The façade, with rich Renaissance-style decorations, has a characteristic angular depression within which the entrance is located. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Money, money, money! |
8 Via Monte di Pietà Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turisfico) |
Popularly known as the 'Ca' de Sass' (house of stones) due to its rusticated stone facade, it was designed by G. Balzaretto in 1868-1872 as the head office for the Cassa di Risparmio bank. Based on the Florentine Renaissance conception of the palazzo, or palace, the building is meant to be an allusion to the banking activities conducted by members of this Medici-controlled city. Extending right down the block, the building consists of a central body and two wings with terraces. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Former castle dating from the 14th century |
Castello Sforzesco Milan, Milan 20100 Italy +39 2 8846 3700 http://www.milanocastello.it/i... |
Built in 1368 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti to defend the city from attack, the castle was enlarged by military architect Magatti under the instruction of Visconti's successor Gian Galeazzo. Destroyed in 1447, it was rebuilt between 1450 and 1500 and enlarged under Francesco Sforza's rule. In 1500, once Sforza's rule was over, the building regained its military function and, after successive transformations, eventually fell into ruin. Rebuilt in the late 1900s, from 1893 onwards the castle gradually became home to various cultural institutions and art collections and remains so today. Guided tours are available. Admission: Free, Admission to the Museum: EUR 3. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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15th century building |
10 Corso Venezia Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (l'ufficio turistico) |
A rare example of 15th-century Lombard architecture commissioned by a private citizen, this building was created by enlarging a 14th-century construction, as can be seen from the irregularity of the plan. The architecture of the building and courtyard is so sophisticated and cultured that it has been suggested that the designer was Bramante himself. The building was restored in 1961. Though the 1961 restoration slightly obscured the facade, it enhanced the magnificent 15th-century portal, the style of which is now often imitated in the architecture of city buildings and palaces. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Luxurious decor |
3 Via Marcello Malpighi Milan 20129 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
Designed by Giovan Battista Bossi in the early 20th century, in an area that was new at that time, these houses feature a rich use of decoration in all their architectural elements, including the iron balusters, the stone corbels and the ledges. The façade of the house at 3, Via Malpighi, is extremely famous with its ceramic decorations created by Brambilla and Pinzauti, that depict female figures amongst plant fronds. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Where musicians found repose |
24 Piazza Michelangelo Buonarroti Milan 20149 Italy +39 2 499 6009 http://www.casaverdi.org/ |
Designed by Camillo Boito from 1895-1899, this building was originally conceived for a pentagonal plot. The acquisition of new building areas led to a modification of the original design, which, as a result, lost its previously rigorously symmetrical plan. Nevertheless, the building represents one of the most significant creations of the period. In Neo-Gothic style, reflecting Boito's ambition to create a piece of 'national architecture', it consists of various pavilions organized around a central courtyard. The main building, containing offices and utilities, consists of three floors with double-arched windows in stone, and a large three-light window over the portal. Various modifications performed in 1936 partly altered the proportions of the buildings in the interior courtyard. Feature of interest : On the same axis as the entrance, there is a crypt containing the tombs of Giuseppe Verdi and Giuseppina Strepponi, with mosaics by L. Pogliani. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Home of the famous poet |
1 Via Morone Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 8646 0403 http://www.casadelmanzoni.mi.it |
Next door to the imposing Palazzo Belgiojoso, looking out onto Piazza Belgiojoso (with an entrance in Via Morone), is the house that Alessandro Manzoni lived in from 1814 until he died in 1873. The building itself, which is a block with a central courtyard and side porticos is one of the characteristic examples of architecture from the renaissance. The most defining element of the building is the facade facing the piazza which has graffito plasterwork underlined by a rich decoration in terracotta executed in 1864 by Andrea Boni in traditional Lombardian renaissance style. Restored between 1962 and 1965, the building has housed the Centro Studi Manzoniani, and the Societa Storica Lombarda. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Laugier cum laude!! |
96 Corso Magenta Milan, Milan 20123 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (l'ufficio turistico) |
This house was built between 1905 and 1906 by Antonio Tagliaferri, just behind the newly-demolished Spanish walls. The style is a combination of Viennese architecture and more traditional styles. The most important companies and contractors of Milan worked on this building. Built for the upper middle classes in Milan, it is a typical example of the second wave of Art Nouveau that hit the city. A feature of interest is the the pharmacy on the corner which has preserved its original interior. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Early 20th century residence |
28 Via Legnano Milan, Milan 20121 Italy |
Designed by Gaetano Moretti in 1903, this is an interesting example of how the International Style reached Milan in the early years of the 20th century. Built in a sober, simple style, the house consists of a ground floor in rusticated ashlar, and three other floors featuring geometric decorations in stone and graffito-work. There is a clear influence of Otto Wagner's Viennese school. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Magnificent marble portal known as Triennale |
6 Viale Emilio Alemagna Milan, Milan 20121 Italy |
The historic seat of the Triennale institution was designed by Giovanni Muzio in 1932-33. The building consists of a series of halls for temporary exhibitions, laid out in a series of separate volumes that end in a large semi-circular building housing the theatre. The entrance, with its distinctive marble portal, generates an impression of monumentality by means of the proportions and the contrast with the brickwork. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Homes for the Bagatti brothers |
10 Via Santo Spirito Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
Located in downtown Milan, the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum expresses the taste and life style of a wealthy, cultured, aristocratic Milanese family at the end of the 19th century, and is one of Europe's most important historic house museums. Here, the precious permanent collections of 15th-16th century Italian art and decorative arts, assembled by the Bagatti Valsecchi brothers during the second half of the 19th century, are found in their original positions. Because of this, the museum not only offers Italian Renaissance art, but also presents an authentic "magic window" onto Milan's recent aristocratic past fascinating to many kinds of visitors. Admission: EUR 6, EUR 3 on Wednesday. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Famous 18th Century building |
2 Piazza Belgioioso Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
Designed in 1772 by Piermarini for Prince Alberico XII Barbiano di Belgiojoso as a new residence. The building has a main courtyard and two secondary courtyards: the façade is particularly interesting, with a giant order of half columns and pilaster strips above a rusticated ashlar ground floor, and terminating in a large cornice and gable. The entrance is heightened by the projecting central volume. The coherence of the design extends to the interior decoration and furnishings, also designed by Piermarini. Feature of interest: On the first floor there is a chapel with lobate central plan, and a powder-room, also central-plan. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Residence of the ancient nobility |
8 Piazza Borromeo Milan, Milan 20123 Italy |
A palace dating to the early 15th century, it belonged to one of the most important families of Milan's nobility. It was seriously damaged during the 1943 bombing raids, and was later restored. The basic structure, which has in part survived, consists of two successive courtyards, which preserve extensive sections of the original construction. The façade facing Piazza Borromeo also preserves the ancient brick facing, with the original 15th-century portal. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Late neo classical façade |
39-41 Via Alessandro Manzoni Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
This building, the result of various stages of construction, was completed in the 19th century. The late Neoclassical façade was designed by Gerolamo Arganini (1820-1825) for Marquis Febo d'Adda, and it was later extended during the course of the 19th century. The front façade, with wide, horizontal lines, presents a rusticated ashlar strip alternating with regularly-positioned windows, while those of the first floor have alternately triangular and curving pediments. The plan is organized around three interior courtyards. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Old noble townhouse |
2 Via Daniele Manin Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 655 4977 |
The patrician townhouse, Casati Dugnani, is one of the few Milanese residences built outside the medieval walls. It was built at the end of the 17th century by the Meda family, and altered in the 18th century when it passed first to the Casati family, then to the Dugnani. In 1857, the palazzo and its vast grounds (purchased by the city council in 1854) were incorporated in the Public Gardens and became the home of the Natural History Museum, later a secondary school. It was damaged during WW2 but restored and now hosts events and a film museum. Seen from Via Manin, the façade of the palazzo is typically 17th century and rather staid. However, the retired central body of the complex and the wings are more varied and boast elegant porticoes and loggias. Inside in the upper rooms there are stuccoes and frescoes by the Venetian school, an elegant reception room surrounded by a landing, and superb frescoes painted by Tiepolo in 1731 that were commissioned by Count Giuseppe Casati. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Elegant Milanese townhouse |
47 Corso Venezia Milan, Milan 20121 Italy |
Commissioned by E.Castiglioni from Giuseppe Sommaruga, the Palazzo was built between 1900-03 and was soon recognised as one of the most successful examples of Italian Art Nouveau. Almost totally demolished and rebuilt by a company to organise offices, only the main stairway, the richly decorated 'peacock room' and the façade remain of the original building. The splendid façade rises over a high foundation that contrasts the unfinished surface of Valsassina stone with the smooth surface of plastered wall. The decorations are intricate with putti framing the coping on the main floor, panels with floral motifs, a frieze on the top floor, and the ironwork of the windows which was to become a model for Milanese building. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Clerici's palace |
5 Via Clerici Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficioturisfico) |
Built in the early 18th century for Giorgio Antonio Clerici, an important figure in the diplomatic corps of the Spanish government, this extension of the previous building can be attributed, at least in part, to Francesco Croce. The characteristic feature of this palazzo is the notable difference between the decoration of the façade, with its asymmetric prospect and that of the interior. Inside, a courtyard with a portico on the entrance side and that opposite leads to another, smaller courtyard. On the right, the three-flight monumental staircase, with vault frescoed by Bortoloni, leads up to the first floor with the famous 'tapestries gallery' frescoed by Gian Battista Tiepolo. It was used as the residence of the Archduke's family from 1773 to 1778. Today the building is the seat of the Superintendency of the Environmental and Architectural Heritage of Lombardy. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Splendid decor |
13 Via Brera Milan, Milan 20122 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
The earliest documents regarding this building date to the late 16th century: in the early years of the following century, cardinal Agostino Cusani refurbished it to give it greater prestige. Its central plan is developed around a rectangular courtyard with porticoes on two sides and granite columns. The façade facing Via Brera, dating to 1717 and by Giovanni Ruggeri, has two portals and a remarkably decorative architectural structure. Towards the rear, the building was finished by Giuseppe Piermarini in 1790, and it still conserves original interiors and stucco-work. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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The Durini domicile |
24 Via Durini Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
Situated at the heart of historic Milan, this building was designed by Francesco Maria Richini in 1644, to a commission by Giovan Battista Durini, and completed in 1645. The speed in the building of the palazzo, and the richness of the decorations, indicates the notable financial power of this rich family of merchants. The building is based on two courtyards, the first the formal court with columns and round arches, and the second for service quarters. The façade is bordered by ashlar-work and by a projecting cornice. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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A gentleman's residence |
5 Via Unione Milan, Milan 20122 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
Created by the incorporation of several preceding buildings, its present 16th-century appearance was commissioned by the Cusani family: ownership successively passed to the Erba Odescalchi family. The complex, in part incoherent, architecture is based on two successive courtyards with a garden. The decorative elements are particularly interesting, a fine balance between tradition and innovation. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Stupendous Stairs |
12 Via S. Antonio Milan, Milan 20122 Italy |
Designed by Giuseppe Piermarini for Antonio Greppi in 1772, when Maria Teresa of Austria ruled the city. The distribution of the architectural elements follows a modular pattern, heightened in the central part in order to enhance the entrance with arched portal. Inside there is a rectangular courtyard with porticos, with a two-flight staircase leading to the first floor where the original decorations by Giocondo Albertolli and Neoclassical frescoes can still be seen. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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The Landriani residence |
25 Via Borgonuovo Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
This, originally the residence of the Bossi family, was later acquired by the Landriani. Tommaso Landriani in fact rebuilt the palazzo between 1515 and 1523. Part of the façade and the inner courtyard remain from the original 16th-century architecture. The design and the terra cotta mouldings can be attributed to Cesariano, while the pictorial decoration that once ran along the walls of the inner court has completely disappeared. Feature of interest: The fresco depicting 'Hercules and Atlas', possibly by Bernardino Luini and now conserved at the Castle Museums, once belonged to the paintings in the courtyard, while the decoration of the 'Centenario' hall can be attributed to Cesariano, possibly with assistance from Zenale. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Begun in the 17th Century |
24 Corso Magenta Milan, Milan 20123 Italy |
This building was begun in 1648 by Francesco Maria Richini for the President of the Senate of Milan, Count Bartolomeo Arese, and it was later acquired by Dukes Litta Visconti Arese. The façade today is exactly as it was when it was built, between 1752 and 1763, by Francesco Bolli. Two wings and two floors frame the higher central volume with giant strip pilasters, with window surrounds and secondary portal alongside the main entrance. In 1873 it became the head office of a private rail company, and today it is a management office for the Italian State Railways. Inside, the courtyard with its colonnade leads to the monumental staircase with three ramps, designed by Carlo Giuseppe Merlo and dating to 1740. Worth visiting are the "Salotto Rosso", the "Sala degli Specchi" and the "Salotto della Duchessa", which conserve original 18th-century draperies, stuccoes and paintings by Martin Knoller and Giuseppe Agostino Gerli. Feature of interest: The grotesque masks on the façade. Visiting times: On request to the "Direzione Compartimentale delle Ferrovie dello Stato". Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Noble Palace |
2 Piazza della Scala Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
Seat of the Municipal government of Milan, the building was designed in 1558 by architect Galeazzo Alessi for Tommaso Marino. Left incomplete after having been confiscated in lieu of the owner's debts, the construction was modified by successive owners, and was completed only when Luca Beltrami built the façade facing Piazza della Scala in 1888-1892, on the model of Alessi's original façade facing Piazza San Fedele. An example of Mannerism, the building represents a combination of exuberant decoration and architectural motifs with a sophisticated use of classical elements. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Genteel residence |
6 Via Sant'Andrea Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7600 6245 |
This 18th century palace was donated to the city in 1945 by the Attendolo Bolognini family - it holds the Museo Civico di Milano (first housed in 1935 in Palazzo Sormani) on the first floor, and the ground floor is home to the Civic Museum of Contemporary History (inaugurated in 1963 with the aid of A. Rossi, M. Baffa, L. Meda and U. Rivolta). The palace was modified at the beginning of the 19th century, and the 18th century façade is partially Baroque. The inside has two wide granite doors, and has conserved a great deal of its original aspect. The wide stairway with stone parapets leads to the noble apartment which is still decorated with period furniture and furnishings. It has frescoed vaults by Giovan Antonio Cucchi, and walls with pictures from both the collection by Attendolo Bolognini, and from the art gallery in the Museum of Milan. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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16th Century palazzo |
19 Via San Maurilio Milan, Milan 20123 Italy |
A building that underwent a great deal of modification, it was identified in 1976. It belongs to the new wave of city architecture promoted by the pro-French areas of power in the early decades of the 16th century. The architectural programme is based on the artistic work of Cesariano and Cristoforo Solari, and possibly that of Luini, and it became the epitome of new classical culture. A location for the highest echelons of humanism, it belonged to Giovan Angelo Salvatico: the palazzo represents a combination of "ancient" motifs (the octagonal atrium with light from above) and solutions devised by the Rome architect Bramante (such as the use of the Doric order in the inner courtyard). Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Cantoni's masterpiece |
16 Corso Venezia Milan, Milan 20121 Italy |
The building, dating to around 1770, was created by architect Simone Cantoni. The design heightens the monumental character of the central part, with a three-floor façade. Opposite the entrance, a helical staircase leads to the first floor, that has been refurbished and in part restored, with a Neoclassical hall by Traballesi. In 1796 it was used for three months by Napoleon and Josephine during their sojourn in Milan. Today it is in part residential, and in part used by a number of associations. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Beautiful Frescoes |
6 Corso di Porta Vittoria Milan, Milan 20122 Italy |
Cesare Monti, a descendant of the like-named cardinal, entrusted Francesco Croce the task of refurbishing the building that he owned. The design of the façade reflects the trapezoidal shape of the plot. The central volume, surmounted by a curving gable, is linked to the wings by two lateral terraces: the frames of the windows on the ground floor are echoed on the floor above by the design of the spaces above the windows. Inside, the courtyard has porticoes on two sides: the interior façade, facing the garden, was designed in 1756 by Benedetto Altieri along classical lines. Feature of interest: On the first floor, the 'Grecchetto' room includes frescoes on the legend of Orpheus by painter giovan Battista Castiglione. Today it houses the Municipal Library. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Eclectic nobiliary abode |
36 Via Giosuè Carducci Milan, Milan 20123 Italy |
A typical example of work by the Coppedè brothers, the building was constructed in 1915. Contained in a basically cubic volume, it is distinctive for its 'Guelph'-type tower opposite the Medieval city gate. On the corner, a large enclosed loggia houses a bar-café, while the entire building is decorated with inserts in artificial stone. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Beer, anyone? |
Piazza Antonio Cantore Milan, Milan 20123 Italy |
Designed by S.G. Locati from 1895-1896 for Pietro Reininghaus from Graz, a beer brewer and importer, this building is a free interpretation of late 19th century Viennese architecture. The brief provided by the owner included a large public beerhouse on the ground floor, on the façade towards the piazza, with rooms on the mezzanine floor, and a café-theatre covered by a large canopy in iron and glass alongside the main building, which is still visible inside the offices of the Banca Popolare di Milano. On the outside, the façade consists of a stone basement mounted by three floors built in brick, and a contracted top floor which was added after the Second World War. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Sombre stonework |
24 Via Solferino Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turisfico) |
This design by S.G. Locati, 1889-1890, is rather unusual for residential buildings in Milan, which generally have compact façades facing the street and larger inside courtyards. This design in fact, has two structures of different heights linked by a narrow, one-floor building which has a roofed loggia on top which leads into a garden. The two main buildings are separated for two different uses, one was used as living quarters and the other as a private studio. The sober architecture is in a 16th-century style, while the façades are completely covered in stone. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Old royal residence |
12 Piazza del Duomo Milan, Milan 20123 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
The seat of government in the city was originally the Palazzo del Broletto, where the municipal institutions were located. It became a noble residence during the rule of the Torriane and Visconti families, who gave it its shape that can in part still be seen, based on a system of two courtyards. Partially demolished to make way for the Cathedral nave, the building was refurbished after 1452 by Francesco Sforza. Used as the seat of power by the Spanish rulers, it underwent substantial modifications until the late 18th century, in particular the extensive work by Giuseppe Piermarini. Alongside the volumes of the Palazzo there is the Arengario, seat of the Palazzo del Turismo, with its two pavilions designed in 1939 (and completed in 1956) by the architects Enrico Agostino Griffini, Pier Giulio Magistretti, Giovanni Muzio and Piero Portaluppi. Feature of interest - On the first floor of the Palazzo, there is the famous 'Sala delle Cariatidi', in the location of the ancient theatre destroyed by fire in 1776. This hall is now undergoing restoration. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Once a royal residence |
16 Via Palestro Milan, Milan 20121 Italy |
This villa is an interesting example of Italian Neo-Classicism: it was designed by Leopoldo Pollack in 1790 for Count Ludovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso, and it was used as a residence by Napoleon before becoming crown property. To the right of the façade facing the street, there is the Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea (PAC, contemporary art gallery) designed in 1948-54 by Ignazio Gardella. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Home of the |
36 Via Stilicone Milan 20155 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (l'ufficio turistico) |
Once the suburban residence of Giuliano Bascapè in the 15th century (then called 'la Gualtiera'), it was extended by Ferrante Gonzaga, governor of Milan, in the second half of the 16th century and was designed by architect Domenico Giunti. The building comprises of a façade with a Doric order and two orders with deep loggias above. The present name recalls one of the owners, Alessandro Simonetta -exponent of the Vatican's diplomatic services. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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