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0 Palazzo Reale q Museo del
Piazza del Duomo. Map 7 C1. Novecento
Tel 02-88 46 52 30. q 1, 3 Duomo. Palazzo dell’Arengario, Piazza del
v 1, 2, 3, 12, 24, 27. @ 54, 60. Duomo. Map 7 C1. Tel 02-88 44 40 72.
Open 9:30am–7:30pm daily (from q 1, 3 Duomo. v 1, 2, 3, 12, 14, 24, 27.
2:30pm Mon, to 10:30pm Thu & Sat).
@ 54, 60. Open 2:30–7:30pm Mon,
9:30am–7:30pm Tue, Wed, Fri & Sun,
The seat of the commune 9:30am–10:30pm Thu & Sat. & 7
administration in the 11th
century, this building was Construction of the Arengario,
drastically rebuilt by Azzone designed by architect Piero
Visconti in 1330–36. At the Portaluppi and others, began
height of its importance, it in the late 1930s as part of a
was the headquarters of modernisation plan for the city.
the lords of Milan. Galeazzo The name arengario refers to
Maria Sforza’s decision to the place where medieval town
move the palace began councils were held.
The entrance to the church of San Gottardo the decline of the Palazzo The building now houses
in Corte Reale. In 1598 it housed the Museo del Novecento
the first permanent (Museum of 20th-Century
9 San Gottardo theatre in Milan. Art). Architect Italo
in Corte Made of wood, Rota’s design includes
it was rebuilt in an exterior steel and
Via Pecorari 2. Map 8 D1. Tel 02-86 46 1737 and Mozart glass bridge to con nect
45 00. q 1, 3 Duomo. v 3, 12, 15, played here as a the building to the
16, 24, 27. @ 54. Open 8am–noon,
2– 6pm Mon–Fri (to 5:30pm Fri), child. In 1776 it was Palazzo Reale, creating
2– 4pm Sat, 8am–noon Sun. destroyed by a fire. an important museum
The present complex. The
Azzone Visconti, lord of Milan, Neo-Classical museum traces
ordered the con struction of appearance the history of
this church in 1336 as the ducal dates from 1778, 20th-century
chapel in the Broletto Vecchio when Giuseppe Italian art,
(Court house) courtyard. The Piermarini made with sections
interior was rebuilt in Neo- it into a residence devoted to
Classical style by Piermarini. for Archduke movements
On the left-hand wall is a Ferdinand of Unique forms of Continuity like Futurism,
Crucifixion by the school Austria. In 1920 in Space (1913) by Metaphysical Art,
of Giotto. Vittorio Emanuele III Umberto Boccioni Arte Povera and
Azzone Visconti’s funerary granted the place Abstractionism.
monument, by Giovanni di temporarily to the city Works by 20th-century Milanese
Balduccio, is in the apse: the of Milan, and in 1965 the artists are also featured.
reclining statue of Visconti is city purchased it to use as
flanked by the figures of two offices and museums and
women. The octagonal brick for important temporary w Piazza Mercanti
bell tower with small stone exhibitions by sculptors and and Palazzo della
arches and columns is by painters such as Claude Ragione Fotografia
Francesco Pecorari (c.1335). Monet and Pablo Picasso.
Map 7 C1. q 1 Cordusio, 1 & 3
Duomo. v 1, 2, 3, 12, 14, 16, 24, 27.
@ 54. Palazzo della Ragione
Fotografia: Tel 02-43 35 35 35.
Open 9:30am–8:30pm Tue–Sun (to
10:30pm Thu & Sat). 7 ∑ palazzo
dellaragionefotografia.it
This corner of medieval Milan
was the seat of public and civic
activities and also housed the
prison. Palazzo della Ragione
was built in 1233 by the chief
magistrate (and virtual ruler)
Oldrado da Tresseno, who is
portrayed in a relief by Ante lami
Palazzo Reale, now used as a venue for temporary exhibitions on the side facing the square.

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