Architecture
Alfredo Campanini
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Studied here
Brera Academy of Fine Arts
Founded in 1776, Brera trained generations of artists and helped turn the surrounding taverns and lanes into Milan’s bohemian quarter. Among its sculpture students were Lucio Fontana and Fausto Melotti, who later broke decisively with academic tradition.
Lived here
Casa Campanini
Campanini built the house for himself and his wife and placed his architectural studio inside it.
Burial place
Monumental Cemetery of Milan
One of Milan’s two largest cemeteries, known for an extraordinary concentration of artistic tombs, family mausoleums, and memorial sculpture.
Traces in other cities
- Como
- Villa Bernasconi — Campanini designed the villa for silk industrialist Davide Bernasconi, incorporating imagery drawn from silkworm cultivation.
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