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Palazzo Borromeo ("Borromeo Palace") is a 14th-century building located at piazza Borromeo 12 in Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy. It was built as the home and business headquarters of the Borromeo family , merchant-bankers from Tuscany .
The palazzo The gardens. Until 1632 the island—known only as l’isola inferiore or isola di sotto [1] —was a rocky crag occupied by a tiny fishing village: but that year Carlo III of the influential House of Borromeo began the construction of a palazzo dedicated to his wife, Isabella D'Adda, from whom the island takes its name.
The northern wing of the palazzo was built in the 16th century by Bartolomeo il Vecchio (1508–1562). Giulio I Arese (1575-1627) began expansions around 1620. The largest parts of the palazzo were built between 1654 and 1670 by count Bartolomeo III Arese, then president of the Senate of Milan under rule of Philip IV and Charles II of Spain, turning the countryside villa into an exemplary ...
Palazzo Borromeo D’Adda, is an 18th-century palazzo in Milano. ... The interior of the palace has two courtyards, one of which is laid out as a garden; ...
Vitaliano Borromeo built a summer palace on the Isola Bella for his wife Isabella between 1650 and 1671 which was later enlarged by Cardinal Giberto III (1615–1672) and Count Vitaliano VI (1620–1690). Count Carlo IV (1657–1734) had the garden terraces added.
Palazzo Borromeo may refer to: Palazzo Borromeo (Isola Bella) Palazzo Borromeo (Milan) Palazzo Borromeo d'Adda; Palazzo Arese Borromeo (Cesano Maderno)
Palazzo Saporiti. Villas and palaces in Milan are used to indicate public and private buildings in Milan of particular artistic and architectural value. The lack of a royal court did not give Milan the prerequisites for a significant development of building construction; nevertheless it contains architectural works from different eras and different styles: from Romanesque to neo-Gothic, from ...
The Palazzo Borromeo was built in the sixteenth century on the remains of the early church, ... The palace is surrounded by impressive gardens, ...