Palazzo Luraschi, palace in Milan, Italy

Palazzo Luraschi is a six-story palace on Corso Buenos Aires in Milan featuring stone balconies and architectural details from the late 1800s on its facade. The courtyard incorporates columns from Milan's former Lazzaretto, an old plague hospital, which were reused in the design.

Palazzo Luraschi was built in 1887 in eclectic style on a plot formerly occupied by Milan's Lazzaretto. Its designer was engineer Ferdinando Luraschi, who had administered the Lazzaretto for the Ospedale Maggiore and reused some of its columns for the courtyard portico. In 2016 the exterior facades and inner courtyard underwent a major conservation restoration.

The courtyard features medallions showing scenes from Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed, linking the palace to Milan's literary connections. These decorative elements remind visitors of the city's relationship with one of its most important writers.

The ground floor was built with shop spaces, and in 1888, just after construction, the Puntigam restaurant opened there, keeping outdoor tables until it closed in 1940. The monumental serliana portal on Corso Buenos Aires and the courtyard portico are visible from the street entrance.

The courtyard portico reuses columns taken from Milan's former Lazzaretto, the plague hospital that once stood on this plot. Ferdinando Luraschi, who had administered the Lazzaretto for the Ospedale Maggiore, had them built into the palace in 1887.