Palazzo Clerici is a splendid aristocratic mansion, built in the early decades of the eighteenth century, home of the rich and influential noble family of Milan Clerici, and is located in the heart of Milan (close to the Teatro alla Scala and the Palazzo Marino and a short walk from the Duomo) in the seventeenth century “Contrada dei Bossi's pay”.
Simple and sober style of the exterior facade, opposed to that of the interior, sumptuous and rich to the details, perfectly reflect the thinking of the lords of that time in Milan that the best inside the house had to be available to owners. The palace was originally built in the seventeenth century on a property of the Visconti family of Milan, Lombardy, and was later purchased by Clerici. The family who had derived his fortune from the silk trade, covered several important positions in politics, military, juridical. In the eighteenth century the old house was completely changed by the Marquis Giorgio Clerici Anton who made it one of the most magnificent mansions of the era Milan, with the famous hall of mirrors realizzizione frescoed ceiling by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in 1741 and which reproduces the Quadriga of the sun, Guided by Mercury, Enlightening the World. After various vicissitudes and changes of ownership between Archdukes , Emperors, Napoleonic government , the Austrians and Piedmontese 1862 became the seat of the Court of Appeals and the 1942 ISPI home, the Institute for International Political Studies. Clerici Palace also houses the Italy-China Foundation.
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