House Manzoni, House museum in Milan, Italy
Casa Manzoni is a palazzo on Belgiojoso Square in Milan, built in a Renaissance Revival style with a red terracotta facade. The building functions as a house museum and literary museum, with rooms kept as they were during the life of the writer who lived there.
Alessandro Manzoni moved into this house in 1814 and stayed there until his death in 1873. After he died, the building was gradually turned into a museum to keep his memory and his literary legacy alive.
The name Casa Manzoni comes from the writer Alessandro Manzoni, who lived here from 1814 until 1873. In his last years the house received Cavour, Garibaldi and Giuseppe Verdi, who came to pay him homage. The ground floor also housed the meetings of the Il Conciliatore circle, and today the National Center for Manzonian Studies keeps the period interiors.
The museum is in central Milan, close to the Via Manzoni and the Scala, and easy to reach on foot from many parts of the city center. The rooms are on the small side, so a visit in a small group feels more comfortable than arriving with a large crowd.
The ground floor houses the Historical Lombard Society's library, which holds over 40,000 volumes on the history of Lombardy. The Manzoni Museum occupies two rooms overlooking the garden on the ground floor and six rooms on the first floor, all with original furnishings and ornaments preserved.
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