Palazzo Trotti Marino was located at 15 Corso Como, Milan. The 16th-century villa came to light after a building collapsed following the bombing of 13 August 1943. “Built in the second half of the 16th century, as is clear from the stylistic features, the small palace had a very elegant loggia with five arches supported […]
The kitchen for the sick poor in Via Anfiteatro 16, was commissioned by Alessandrina Ravizza in 1879. This initiative gave her the nickname “Countess of the broeud (broth)”. She later attached a medical clinic to the kitchen for the sick, which she entrusted to the direction of the ‘poor man’s doctor’: Anna Kuliscioff. It was […]
Just one shot of a row of elephants on Corso Com, circa 1950s. It was probably the transport and arrival of a circus in the city of Milan, most likely the Circo Orfei.
Buffalo Bill, William Frederick Cody, was born in 1846 in the state of Iowa. From an early age, he showed his great passion for horses, and at the age of only fourteen, he became involved in the Pony Express company, the horse mail service. He moved to New York in 1872 and became famous and […]
Walking along Via Palermo and looking into the windows of the Falegnameria Cavalleroni, it seems as if we are standing still in time, as if nothing has changed. The wooden planks, the machinery tell us stories of life lived. Now a historical workshop, the Falegnameria was founded in 1934 by Cesare Cavalleroni, in 1974 it […]
Brera is a district rich in art, creativity and life. Today we want to talk to you about Guido Vergani, writer and journalist, who was Brera’s most devoted observer. He was born in 1935 into a family that immediately introduced him to culture. The son of Orio Vergani, an Italian journalist, photographer and painter, he […]
This historic shop, now recognised as a ‘Bottega Storica’, was founded in 1881 by Francesco Pettinaroli, when he moved to Milan from Lake Orta. It was immediately set up as a stationery shop with an adjoining typography and bookbinding workshop and soon became known to the Milanese, who were living in times of intense industrial […]
Hidden among the buildings of Corso Garibaldi are the remains of the former Church of Santa Febronia. ‘A small church with a single altar’ is how it was described in 1738 by the priest Serviliano Latuada. The small 17th-century church dedicated to Saint Febronia, a Christian martyr, was erected in 1644 at the behest of […]
How many people know that Corso Garibaldi has teeth? And what are they? Walking along Corso Garibaldi, it is not difficult to notice the anomalous pattern of indentations between buildings that form small widenings. This conformation is referred to by residents as ‘the teeth of Corso Garibaldi’. But why this urban planning choice? The reason […]
Walking along Corso Garibaldi, it is inevitable to notice the building of the Teatro Fossati. But what is its history? Carlo Fossati had an excellent nose for business and was awarded, for a modest sum, part of the former deconsecrated convent of Santa Maria degli Angeli. Thus, in 1859, the Teatro Fossati was founded and […]
