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suppression of the convents in the early 19th century, the façade was torn down, and the nave of the church was divided horizontally; the upper floor became the Napoleonic rooms of the art gallery of the Accademia, and the lower floor housed the sculptures of the museum of antiquities.
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The origins of the palace lie in a monastery built on the lands of Guercio da Baggio, who may have been consul between 1150 and 1188. Shortly before 1178 it passed into the hands of the
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of 1630, and was resumed only in 1651; after Richini died in 1658, it was continued by his son Gian Domenico.
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in 1797 as the Istituto Nazionale della Repubblica Cisalpina, was moved to Palazzo Brera; it is now the
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From 1773 the palace became home to a number of cultural, scientific and artistic institutions. The
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college. This grew to some 3000 students, and more space was needed. Between 1573 and 1590
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college for two hundred years. It now houses several cultural institutions including the
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on 21 July 1773, the palace passed to the then rulers of northern Italy, the Austrian
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in 1776. The palace also housed the Scuole Palatine for philosophy and law, the
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Breve storia dell'Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera attraverso i suoi strumenti
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completed the inner courtyard and built the imposing entrance from via Brera.
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from about 1615. Work began in 1627, but was interrupted by the
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SIRBeC scheda ARL - LMD80-00089: Palazzo di Brera Milano (MI)
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on 7 February 1571, the monastery became – at the request of
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was engaged to design a new building on the lines of the
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was founded nine years earlier, in 1764, by the Jesuit
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Milan
Coordinates
45°28′20″N 9°11′17″E / 45.47222°N 9.18806°E / 45.47222; 9.18806
Francesco Maria Richini
Martino Bassi
Giuseppe Piermarini
Milan
Lombardy
Jesuit
Accademia di Brera
Pinacoteca di Brera
Orto Botanico di Brera
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere
learned society
Biblioteca di Brera

Antonio Canova
Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker
Humiliati
Santa Maria in Brera
Gothic
Pisan
Giovanni di Balduccio
frescoes
Giovanni da Milano
Vincenzo Foppa
Bernardino Luini
Pius V

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