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Title Proper/Title Text
Palazzo Madama

Place of Publication/Creation Place
Milan

Numbering/Creation Numbers
12899

Dimensions Description
13.5x8.5 cm

Inscription Language
Italian (Language)

General Subject Terms

• Inspiration

Descriptive Note Text

At the beginning of the first century BC, the site where Palazzo Madama currently stands was occupied by a gate in the city's Roman walls departed. Two of the towers still testify to this original part of the Palazzo.  The section overlooking Piazza Castello was built by Filippo Juvarra between 1718 and 1721 and creates a scenographic façade a single bay deep, screening the rear part of the building, which remained unchanged. 

The facade shows a piano nobile with arched windows and high ceilings.  Above the piano nobile there is a mezzanine surmounted by a row of tall pilasters. A balustrade decorated with vases and statues in white marble surmounts the façade.

Palazzo Madama, and Juvarra's style more in general, inspired the neo-baroque architecture of Turin 1911.

Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)

Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-MONU-0002