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4 Ca’ Granda VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

The “Casa Grande”, or Ospedale Maggiore, was built for Practical Information
Francesco Sforza from 1456 on with the aim of uniting the Via Festa del Perdono 5.
city’s 30 hospitals. The “large house” was designed by Filarete, Map 8 D2. Tel 02-55 031.
Open 7:30am–7:30pm Mon–Fri;
who built only part of it, and was finished in stages in the 8am–noon Sat (first 3 weeks of
17th and 18th centuries. In 1939 the hospital moved to a Aug: 7:30am–3:30pm Mon–Fri).
new site, and since 1952 the Ca’ Granda has housed the liberal Closed Sun & hols (open in
arts faculties of the Università Statale, Milan’s university. The morning pre-hols). 7 ^
Chiesa dell’Annunciata: Tel 02-58
hospital was modern for its time: there were separate wings 30 77 19. Open 8am–7pm (when
for men and women – each with a central infirmary – and a University is open).
large courtyard between them. Transport
q 3 Missori. v 12, 15, 16, 24,
27. @ 54, 77, 94.
The church of the Annunciata (17th-century) . Fifteenth-century Façade
contains a 1639 canvas by Guercino. The brick façade has round
arches and is richly decorated.
There were workshops and
The Neo-Classical Macchio warehouses at ground level.
Wing, seat of the Faculty
of Letters, Philosophy and
Jurisprudence, housed the
benefactors’ art gallery, with
portraits by leading artists.
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1
. Cortile Maggiore
Francesco Maria
Richini designed
the courtyard with
a Renaissance
arcade and Baroque
loggia, adding
busts in yellow-
pink-grey stone.

Key
15th-century section 3 Courtyard entrance
. Fifteenth-century
17th-century section 4 Chiesa dell’Annunciata Courtyards
18th–19th-century section 5 Porticoes, 15th-century wing These housed the women’s
1 Entrance to the Faculties of Liberal 6–9 Courtyards, 15th-century wing bathrooms, the ice-house and
Arts, Philosophy and Jurisprudence
10 Crociera, formerly the the woodshed. The Spezieria
2 Aula Magna infirmary is the oldest courtyard.

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