Casa Alessio, Art Nouveau palace in Milan, Italy.

Casa Alessio stands at Via Lamberto De Bernardi 1 in Milan's Porta Venezia area. Its central bay alternates curved and straight windows framed by masks and plant motifs, while the side bays carry Liberty-style cement ornament and wrought-iron balconies.

Casa Alessio was built in 1905 to a design by Giovanni Battista Bossi, in Milan's Porta Venezia district at Via Lamberto De Bernardi 1. The building is a noted example of Milanese Liberty architecture shaped by German-area Jugendstil, which accounts for the sinuous yet austere lines of its central facade.

The facade mixes two registers: the central bays carry sinuous yet austere lines of German Jugendstil, while the side bays use cement ornament and wrought-iron balconies in the Milanese Liberty manner. Look for the masks set among vegetal motifs on the alternating curved and straight windows.

The building is centrally located in Milan and easy to reach, with its original architecture remaining clearly visible. Visitors can examine the facade thoroughly from the street and observe details of the decorative elements.

The German Jugendstil influence shows most clearly in the central bays, where windows alternate between curved and straight heads framed by masks and plant ornament. The side bays carry cement Liberty decoration and wrought-iron balconies, so the facade reads differently from the centre outwards.