Courtyards of Cinque Vie

This walk leads you through Milan's oldest neighborhood to see the quiet, historic courtyards tucked behind unassuming residential facades.

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1. Palazzo Litta

Palazzo Litta is defined by a highly decorated late Baroque façade on Corso Magenta, featuring two massive stone figures known as atlantes that support a curved balcony above the entrance. Built between sixteen forty-two and sixteen…

2. Casa Rossi e cortile ottagonale

Casa Rossi is identified from the surrounding streetscape of Corso Magenta by its five-story facade of red stone, which features a dense arrangement of windows designed to mimic the appearance of Venetian Renaissance loggias. Built in…

3. Palazzo Fagnani

Palazzo Fagnani Ronzoni reveals itself through a distinctive facade of exposed brick, a hallmark of the Barocchetto style that defines this seventeenth-century structure. Situated on Via Santa Maria Fulcorina, the building sits within the…

4. House of the Morigi

The House of the Morigi at number eight via Morigi is defined by a medieval stone tower that rises above the surrounding rooftops. This structure is a rare survivor from the fourteenth century, marking the site as one of the oldest…

5. Palazzo Borromeo

Palazzo Borromeo is recognizable by its red brick façade and a fifteenth-century marble portal featuring the Borromeo family arms. It is one of the few surviving secular Gothic buildings in Milan, standing as a reminder of the city's…

6. Società d'Incoraggiamento d'Arti e Mestieri (SIAM1838)

The building at via Santa Marta eighteen is identifiable by its neobramantesque facade, a style of architecture reflecting the lombard historicism of the late nineteenth century. Built between eighteen eighty-six and eighteen eighty-nine…

7. Palazzo Stampa Soncino

Palazzo Stampa di Soncino is identified by a forty-two-meter tower that rises from its internal courtyard, a feature that distinguishes the building from the surrounding urban fabric of central Milan. This Renaissance-style residence,…

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