Palazzo Bovara, Neoclassical palace in Corso Venezia, Milan, Italy

Palazzo Bovara, also known as Palazzo Bovara Busca Benni, is a neoclassical palace at Corso Venezia 51 in Milan, built in the second half of the 18th century to a design by Felice Soave. Its facade is framed in sandstone rustication, with a central entrance portal between two Doric columns carrying a balustraded balcony at the piano nobile. The windows of that floor have alternating triangular and curved pediments.

Palazzo Bovara was built in the second half of the 18th century to a design by Felice Soave. During the Napoleonic period it housed the French embassy in Milan, and Stendhal stayed there. The building is also known as Palazzo Bovara Busca Benni.

The palace's name recalls the Bovara family; Count Giovanni Bovara was a professor and Minister of Religious Affairs. Under Napoleon the building housed the French embassy in Milan, and Stendhal stayed there. Today it belongs to the Circolo del Commercio, the association founded by Milan's Chamber of Commerce, which has used it since 1995.

The building is now used as a private venue and it is best to check access and visiting conditions beforehand. Since the space hosts private events, availability for casual visits may vary depending on scheduled activities.

The palace's fame rests on its Napoleonic-era role as seat of the French embassy in Milan, where Stendhal stayed; the source gives no year for his visit, so the 1800 date often repeated is unsupported. The building is properly Palazzo Bovara Busca Benni, and its name recalls the Bovara and Benni families.