Palazzo Tarsis, Neoclassical palace in Milan, Italy.
Palazzo Tarsis is a Neoclassical palace in Milan on Via San Paolo with a central portico supported by Corinthian columns. The facade displays decorative statues and is topped by a cornice, while a secondary entrance was added later.
The building was constructed between 1836 and 1838 by architect Luigi Clerichetti for Count Paolo Tarsis on the site of the former San Paolo in Compito church. Following bomb damage in 1943, it underwent extensive restoration but remained in family ownership.
The statues above the cornice depict the Dii Consentes, the twelve major gods of the Roman pantheon, carved by Luigi Marchesi and Gaetano Manfredini. The palace still belongs to the Tarsis family, who commissioned it from Count Paolo Tarsis and retain the large residence alongside smaller rented apartments.
The palace stands at Via San Paolo 1, in the Porta Nuova area of central Milan, and is seen from the street; the main entrance is a recessed portal flanked by two Tuscan columns. A second doorway, added in the second half of the 20th century, breaks with the building's style. Look up at the statues above the cornice, which are hard to make out from close to the facade.
The palace replaced the church of San Paolo in Compito, demolished to make way for it. Look up at the roofline: the statues of the Dii Consentes above the Corinthian portico were carved by Luigi Marchesi and Gaetano Manfredini, a detail easily missed from street level.
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