Architecture

Giuseppe Sommaruga

1867–1917Local figure

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.
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.
Created here
Palazzo Castiglioni
Sommaruga designed the palace as a provocative manifesto of Milanese Liberty architecture.

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