Architecture
Piero Portaluppi
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
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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.
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Palazzo Castani
On March 23, 1919, Benito Mussolini gathered supporters here for the meeting that founded the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento. The palace later served twice as a Fascist party headquarters; its period entrance and tower remain visible from the square.
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Pinacoteca di Brera
Milan’s main public painting gallery, with a major collection of Italian art spanning the 13th to the 20th century.
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Santa Maria delle Grazie
A Dominican church and convent whose refectory contains Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper. The church and mural are jointly listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Villa Necchi Campiglio
He designed the villa and its integrated interiors for the Necchi-Campiglio family between 1932 and 1935.
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