Palazzo dell'Arengario
The Palazzo dell'Arengario is a building to the south of Milan's Piazza del Duomo . It is considered a testimony to fascist architecture. After extensive renovation of the interior from 2002 to 2010 - a concept by the architect Italo Rota - it now houses the Museo del Novecento .
history
Until 1936, a side wing of the Palazzo Reale , called manica lunga (English: long sleeve), stood on the square where the palazzo is located . This was torn down in favor of a restructuring of the square. In the 1937 competition for the redesign of an assembly hall ( Arengo , hence the name), 29 projects were submitted. Of the four projects that made it into the next selection round, that of a Milanese group of architects led by Enrico Agostino Griffini , Pier Giulio Magistretti , Giovanni Muzio and Piero Portaluppi prevailed. They submitted their monumental-looking design in five versions. They planned to assemble the Palazzo dell'Arengario from two symmetrical building parts. Its dividing axis leads from the exit of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II over the Cathedral Square to Piazza Diaz and forms the Via Guglielmo Marconi .
The division in two was intended to create the impression of a city gate, as the area around Piazza Diaz developed into an administrative center and a connection could be established from the piazza to the city center. Construction began on February 1, 1939. Before it could be completed, the palazzo was damaged during the bombing of Milan during World War II. Construction work resumed in 1947 and ended in 1956, the building now housed the regional tourism organization ( Ente Provinciale del Turismo ) on the left and the Consiglio di Zona of the old town and other public institutions on the right . The left part of the building is considered to be the actual Arengario.
architecture
The three-story building is clad in Candoglia marble. Both parts of the building have a kind of portico, the roof of which serves as a balcony on the second floor. The balcony of the left part of the building is accessible via a flight of stairs on the east side and should have served Benito Mussolini to hold speeches. The sparse decor on the portico, typical of the fascist style, was created by Arturo Martini . The rows of windows on the two upper floors are modeled on arcades .
Museo del Novecento
The Museo del Novecento , opened in 2010, is dedicated to the art of the 20th century. It took over the holdings of the former Civico Museo d'Arte Contemporanea (CIMAC) (until 1998), which was on the second floor of the Palazzo Reale.
Web links
- Gabriele Detterer, Neuer Glanz am Domplatz , Neue Zürcher Zeitung of December 22, 2010.
- Entry on lombardiabeniculturali.it
Coordinates: 45 ° 27 '48 .7 " N , 9 ° 11' 24.7" E