VisitaMilano

 "Il Sole 24 ore" headquarter
The construction, completed in 2005, is an example of low energy-use development. The industrial structure was thoroughly refurbished to house the financial publication group "Il Sole 24 Ore". The new building, designed by Renzo Piano, maintained the reinforced cement foundation, and used steel frames to add new floors. The glass façade gives a clean light feel to the building, allowing a see-through view out to the green courtyard in the centre of the complex.

 "Palazzo dell'ex filanda"
The former Filanda palazzo makes the old structures harmoniously dialogue with the new architectural solutions: its three floors house the civics library, the expo space, the town offices for the Education, Culture, Sports and Leisure sections and a modern Auditorium for music, theater and cinema events.

 "Villa Salterio" farmstead
In Moirago, opposite the fourth lock of the Naviglio Pavese, the Cascina-Villa Salterio is an excellent example of a typical lower Lombardy settlement. Originally a 14th century convent, it features a wide front entrance and a garden at the rear.

 Acerbi Palace
The building that dates back to the 1600s. Additional work was done in the 1700s, like the internal layout of the first floor apartment.

 Alla Torre palace
The remains of an ancient aristocratic residence dating back to 1670 (date carved on the entry door) are located in one of the richest historical lanes of Rho.

 Annoni palace
The most interesting of the noble palaces situated within the historic town is probably Palazzo Annoni, at 28, Via Annoni near Vicolo Cortazza. Recorded in documents from 1648 onwards, it was used as a summer residence. The elegance of its design suggests it was the work of an architect of the school of Francesco Maria Ricchino. The porticoed courtyard opposite the main residence is probably an 18th century addition. At the rear, there is a large garden.

 Annoni Palace
Palazzo Annoni, set up at the start of corso di Porta Romana, was built by Francesco Maria Richini, who is the most noteworthy exponent of a dynasty of Milanese architects. The building was constructed during the fourth decade of the seventeenth century by Paolo Annoni, a rich silk merchant. The building has an imposing facade and delimited by two ashlar strips (the front of the external wall of the buildings) and two sections of alternately centred windows and a pediment, it has a central door, with two columns to either side which support the balcony. Currently, Palazzo Annoni is a private property, that, nevertheless, is part of the initiative "Cortili Aperti" (Open Courtyards), an exhibition that consists of the discovery and rediscovery of unknown and little known places. It has become, over the years, an annual date for many tourists and citizens seeking out the city's beauties, that as well as showing the elegance of the architecture, also shows off civil life.

 Archibishop Palace
The Archbishop's palace, built in about 1170, close to the Royal Palazzo, in Piazza Duomo, was the most important work requested by Carlo Borromeo who was a significant Italian cardinal. The building, which had already been reorganised and enlarged at the end of the fifteenth century, started to be restructured in the second half of the sixteenth century according to the designs of the architect Pellegrino Tibaldi. The courtyard, started in 1569 and completed, under the direction of Andrea Biffi, in 1604, is one of the first Pellegrinian works in the city of Milan and is split with an open gallery in two sections. The compound of buildings, that surround and form the courtyard of the presbytery, were intended as the residences of the regular canons at the Duomo. The facade, was then rebuilt by Giuseppe Piermarini at the end of the XVIII, 1784 to be more precise, by appointment of the Archbishop Filippo Visconti. The well-known architect, who had to encompass and adapt his style to the pre-existing architectural components, opened the new straight windows, with squared off cornices and simple brackets on the ground floor and changed those of the upper floor to a triangular pediment, he still maintained the Tibaldi gateway that still gave a tone of plasticity to the construction.

 Archinto palace
A late, and probably last, fruit of Neo-Classic civil architecture in Milan, the palazzo cost Count Giuseppe Archinto a fortune. The palazzo's architectural structure, designed by Gaetano Besia, a noted architect, professor at the Brera Academy and member of the Ornato commission, is majestic and pleasant. Palazzo Archinto, built between 1833 and 1837, is an enormous structure with stables and garden that extends over three floors and is hinged on three courtyards, one to receive honoured guests and two for service. The Count was personally involved in the sumptuous interior decorations, which were inspired by the Renaissance and entrusted to the Parisian architect Thumeloup. The building became Italian state property in 1864. From 1865, it housed the Collegio delle Fanciulle, a young girls' home founded by Napoleon in 1808, and today is the property of Emanuela Setti Carraro dalla Chiesa.

 Arconati Palace
Palazzo Arconati is a residential complex of overwhelming size, gifted with considerable internal frescos, a spacious garden, a chapel (today used as a dwelling) and various rustic touches. The building is privately owned, with renovation plans.

 Arengàrio
The process of urban renewal of the centre concluded with the design of the Arengario, which won the competition in 1937. The marbled facing of the Arengario building, formed from two synchronous parallelepipeds with superimposed arches, confers upon it a monumental rhetoric.

 Bagatti Valsecchi Palace
Built at the end of the XIX century, designed to be a home-museum, it is composed of two structures: number 7 was built in 1895, it follows late XV century Lombard style; the other, built on 1882, returns to the XVI century neo-reinaissance and neo-mannerism style.

 Bardena farmstead
The Cascina Bardena houses the 19th century master's living quarters - which belonged to the Barzi family and the Pallavicinis of Persia - and an 18th century ruin in open-faced brickwork. The garden makes the most of the differences in height of the land as in an amphitheatre.

 Barzizza Palace
Among the central streets that lead in towards Ticino, the Palazzo Barzizza is a building of renaissance origins that exists since the XVII century. Historically, it is the residence of one of the most important families of Ozzero.

 Berri Meregalli Palace
The Berri Meregalli Palazzo, built in 1913, on the design of the architect Giulio Ulisse Arata, is a traditional, austere and reserved building with a strong structure, refined by elegant decorations. The construction, located in via Cappuccini, contains numerous ornaments amongst which are sculptures, polychrome mosaics and paintings. The building is interwoven with a mixture of forms (roman, gothic, renaissance and liberty) and disparate materials, from glass to metal, stone to brick and mosaic tesseras. All these styles, materials and embellishments, that have been curiously and conjunctively mixed by Arata, express an arcane sense of bewilderment, creating a rich overall effect on the outside of the palazzo.