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9 Palazzo Cusani
Via Brera 15. Map 3 C4. q 2 Lanza.
v 2, 12, 14. @ 61. Closed to
the public.
Originally built in the 1500s,
this palazzo was rebuilt in 1719
by Giovanni Ruggeri, who
designed the late Baroque
façade with its ornate windows
and balconies, while the Neo-
Classical façade facing the
The lunette over the entrance to San Marco garden was designed by
Piermarini. Tradition has it that
6 San Marco The Ascent to Cal vary by the Cusani brothers ordered
Ercole Procaccini. The left- twin entrances so that each
Piazza San Marco 2. Map 3 C4. hand aisle has canvases by
Tel 02-29 00 25 98. @ 43, 61, 94. could have independent yet
Open 7am–noon, 4–7pm daily. Camillo and Giulio Cesare equal access. In the drawing
5 7:45, 9:30am, 6:30pm Mon–Fri; Procaccini and Palma il room is an allegorical Tiepolo-
6:30pm pre-hols; 9:30am, noon, Giovane, and a Leonardoesque like fresco (1740). The palazzo
6:30pm hols. fresco found in 1975. From was the seat of the Ministry of
outside the Roman esque War in the 19th century.
This church was begun in transept the 13th-century
1254 by the Augustine monk bell tower is visible.
Lanfranco Settala. It was built
on the site of an older church,
dedicated by the Milanese 7 Pinacoteca
to St Mark, patron saint of di Brera
Venice, to thank the Venetians
for help in the struggle See pp116–19.
against Emp eror Frederick
Barbarossa. In 1871 Carlo
Maciachini built a new, Neo- 8 Orto Botanico
Gothic façade around the Via Brera 28 and Via Fratelli Gabba 10.
Campionese school ogival Map 3 C4. Tel 02-50 31 46 80.
portal and tabernacle. q 1/3 Duomo, 2 Lanza. v 1, 4,
The church has a Latin 12, 14, 27. @ 61. Open Apr–Oct:
cross plan and nine patrician 10am–6pm Mon–Sat; Nov–Mar:
chapels, which were added 9:30am–4:30pm Mon–Sat. Closed
to the right-hand aisle in the 1 Jan, 1 May, 2 Jun, 25 & 26 Dec. 7
14th– 19th century. They ∑ brera.unimi.it
contain 16th–17th-century The ornate late Baroque façade of
paintings, including some At a mere 5,000 sq m (53,820 Palazzo Cusani
by Paolo Lomazzo. In the sq ft), the Orto Botanico di
right-hand transept is the Brera is probably one of the
Foundation of the Augustine tiniest botanical gardens on 0 Santa Maria
Order by the Fiammenghino earth. It forms part of a large del Carmine
brothers, Settala’s sarcophagus cultural compound housed in
by Giovanni Balduccio (1317– the nearby Brera Palace, which Piazza del Carmine 2. Map 3 C4.
49), and fragments of late includes the Pinacoteca di Brera Tel 02-86 46 33 65. v 1, 2, 12, 14.
Gothic frescoes found during art gallery (see pp116–19), the @ 57, 61. Open 7:15–11:30am,
3:30–7pm daily. 5 8am (except Sat),
the 1956 restoration. The Astronomical Observatory, the 9:30am, 6:30pm Mon–Sat; 5pm (Eng)
presbytery is decorated with Biblioteca Braidense library and Thu; 8:30am (Eng and Tagalog),
large canvases by Camillo the Academy of Fine Arts. The 10:30am (Eng), 11:30am, 4:30pm &
Procaccini and Cerano secluded and peaceful gardens 6:30pm (Eng and Tagalog) Sun.
depicting the Legend make for a welcome change
of St Augustine, and the amid Milan’s bustle. Santa Maria del Carmine was
Genealogical Tree of the Order Founded in 1774 under built in Gothic style in 1447 over
by Genovesino (17th century), the Austrian Empress Maria a Romanesque church and was
who also painted the Angels’ Theresa of Austria, the then rebuilt in the Baroque
Backs on the cupola. The left- gardens include a collection period, while the present-day
hand transept leads to the of medicinal plants, salvias façade was designed by Carlo
Chapel of the Pietà, with and decorative trees. Maciachini in 1880. The spacious

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