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7 . Pinacoteca di Brera
The nucleus of one of Italy’s
top art galleries consists of
works taken from churches NORTHEAST
that were suppressed in the MILAN
late 1700s. The Brera
boasts masterpieces NORTHWEST
MILAN
by great artists such The Civico Museo HISTORIC
CENTRE
as Piero della del Risorgimento, SOUTHEAST
Francesca, opened in 1896, MILAN
Mantegna, is in Neo-Classical Locator Map
Raphael and Palazzo Moriggia. See Street Finder maps 3, 4
Caravaggio.

Orto Botanico
FAT E B E N E F R AT E L L I V I A B O R G O N U O V O of the Brera Astronomical Museum since
The Botanical Gardens have been part
V I A
1774. Founded under Empress Maria
Theresa of Austria, they include two
ginkgo biloba trees, among the oldest
in Europe, plus a 40-m- (131-ft-) high
linden tree and a Caucasian walnut.
PIAZZA
SAN MARCO
8 Palazzo Cusani
This building with a late
V I A P O N TA C C I O V I A F I O R I C H I A R I V I A S O L F E R I N O first floor is the Officers’ Club.
Baroque façade (1719) is
V I A B R E R A
the headquarters of the
Third Army Corps. On the

VIA MADONNINA

V I A D E L L ´ O R S O 9 Santa Maria del Carmine

The 15th-century church was built with
material taken from the nearby Castello
Sforzesco when it was partly demolished.
V I A P O N T E V E T E R O

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