Palazzo Durini, Baroque palace in Milan, Italy

Palazzo Durini is a Baroque palace in Milan featuring an ornate stone facade with large windows across its exterior. The building displays the architectural characteristics of 17th-century Milan through its elaborate design elements.

Commissioned in 1645 by Don Giovan Battista Durini, Count of Monza, the palace was designed by Francesco Maria Richini, then among Lombardy's leading architects. Between 1921 and 1922 Paola Durini sold it to Senator Borletti, who in 1925 sold it to Gianni Caproni, whose family already occupied the garden-facing apartments from 1916. Timina Caproni later restored it; in World War II a nearby bomb caused damage without a direct hit.

The palace's name comes from the Durini family, counts of Monza, who had the artists who decorated Monza Cathedral work here too. The picture gallery was among northern Italy's most important, and its tapestry collection included a series of gardener putti given by Louis XV to Cardinal Carlo Francesco Durini, now in Palazzo Braschi in Rome.

Palazzo Durini stands at via Durini 24, a short walk from the Duomo and San Babila metro stops. The palace is a private building and not a public museum, so visits depend on events or guided openings; check before travelling. The monumental bugnato portal and the balcony above it can be seen from the street.

The Spanish governor Guzmán Ponce de León lodged here during Spanish rule; the Durini had a small balcony added to one of his windows facing via Durini so he could address Milanese crowds. After Spanish rule ended, the balcony was moved to the tower of Castello Durini in Fabbrica Durini, Como province.