Palazzo della Ragione
The Palazzo della Ragione is a historic building in Milan, Italy, located in Piazza Mercanti, facing the Loggia degli Osii. Built in the 13th century, it originally served as a broletto—an administrative and judicial building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Palace
- Description: building in Milan, Italy
- Also known as: “Broletto Nuovo”, “Broletto Nuovo (Milan)”, and “Palazzo della Ragione, Milan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and Biblioteca Ambrosiana.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
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The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy's oldest active shopping arcade and a major landmark of Milan. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is situated 190 metres northeast of Palazzo della Ragione.
Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Library
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The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, Italy, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, whose agents scoured Western Europe and even Greece and Syria for books and manuscripts. Biblioteca Ambrosiana is situated 190 metres southwest of Palazzo della Ragione.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Piazza Cordusio and Rebecchino.
Piazza Cordusio
Quarter
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Piazza Cordusio is a square in central Milan, Italy. The piazza takes its name from the Cors Ducis which was located on the square during Longobard times.
Rebecchino
Locality
The Rebecchino was a historic neighborhood of Milan, Italy, located in the immediate surroundings of Milan's Cathedral, in what is now Piazza del Duomo.
Bottonuto
Locality
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The Bottonuto was an ancient district of Milan, Italy, located near the center of the city. Dating back to Roman times, in the late 19th the district had become a place of ill repute, brothels and open-air outhouses.
Palazzo della Ragione
- Categories: Palazzo, broletto, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Centro Storico, Milan, Province of Milan, Grande Milano, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Panjabi—“Palazzo della Ragione” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Палацо дела Раджоне”
- Chinese: “理性宫”
- Chinese: “理性宮”
- Dutch: “Palazzo della Ragione”
- French: “Palazzo della Ragione”
- German: “Palazzo della Ragione”
- Hungarian: “Palazzo della Ragione”
- Italian: “Broletto Nuovo”
- Italian: “palazzo della Ragione”
- Italian: “Palazzo della Ragione”
- Lombard: “Palazz (Milan)”
- Lombard: “Palazz”
- Spanish: “Palazzo della Ragione”
- Urdu: “پلازو دیلا ریجیونے، میلان”
- Western Panjabi: “پلازو دیلا ریجیونے، میلان”
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