Palazzo Sormani, Italian Baroque palazzo in Corso di Porta Vittoria, Milan, Italy.
Palazzo Sormani is a Baroque palazzo on Corso di Porta Vittoria in Milan, with a rococo facade designed by Francesco Croce and a second facade that opens onto a garden at the rear. The building has two wings and includes both formal interior rooms and an inner courtyard connecting to the garden.
The first recorded owner was the military commander Giovanni Battista Castaldo in the 16th century, who acquired and developed the property. In the 17th century it passed to Cardinal Cesare Monti, who kept his art collection there, and later in the 18th century it came into the hands of the Sormani family.
The name of the building comes from the Sormani family, who owned and expanded it in the 18th century. Today, anyone can walk through the main entrance on Corso di Porta Vittoria and use it as a public library, as students and local residents regularly do.
The building is freely accessible as a public library and sits in a central neighborhood of Milan that is easy to reach on foot or by public transport. Visitors who want to see the garden should enter through the main door and ask at the reception desk for access.
The rear garden features sculptures by Agenore Fabbri showing boar hunting scenes, installed in 1955 before the building reopened as a library. The garden itself was designed by Leopold Pollack, the same architect responsible for the Villa Reale in Milan.
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