Brera Astronomical Observatory

The Brera Observatory is an astronomical in the Brera district of , Italy. It is currently operated by the National Institute for Astrophysics and the Institute of Applied General Physics of the University of Milan.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Observatory
  • Description: observatory
  • Also known as: “Brera Observatory”, “Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica – Osservatorio astronomico di Brera”, “Museo Astronomico di Brera”, and “Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera”
  • Address: Via Brera 28, Milano, 20121

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pinacoteca di Brera and Biblioteca di Brera.

Museum
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.
The is the main public gallery for paintings in , Italy. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings from the 13th to the 20th century, an outgrowth of the cultural program of the , which shares the site in the Palazzo Brera.

Library
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The Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense or Braidense National Library, usually known as the , is a public library in , in northern Italy.

University
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The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, also known as the Accademia di Brera or , is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in , Italy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brera and Via Borgonuovo.

Suburb
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is a district of , . It is located within the and it is centred on Via . The name stems from Medieval Italian "braida" or "brera", derived from Old Lombardic "brayda", meaning a land expanse either cleared of trees or naturally lacking them.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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Suburban Milan is in the province of Milan.

Brera Astronomical Observatory

Latitude
45.4716° or 45° 28′ 18″ north
Longitude
9.18897° or 9° 11′ 20″ east
Operator
INAF
Open location code
8FQFF5CQ+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4705236540
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­observatory
Wiki­data ID
Q1580885
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Brera Astronomical Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد بريرا الفلكي”
  • Armenian: “Բրերա աստղադիտարան”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu Astronómicu de Brera”
  • Asturian: “Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera”
  • Belarusian: “Брэрская абсэрваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Брэрская астранамічная абсэрваторыя”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Astronòmic de Brera”
  • Chinese: “佈雷拉天文臺”
  • Chinese: “布雷拉天文台”
  • Dutch: “Brera Astronomisch Observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد بريرا الفلكى”
  • French: “observatoire astronomique de Brera”
  • French: “Observatoire astronomique de brera”
  • French: “Observatoire astronomique de Brera”
  • German: “Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera”
  • Italian: “Museo astronomico - Orto botanico di Brera”
  • Italian: “osservatorio astronomico di Brera”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio astronomico di Brera”
  • Japanese: “ブレラ天文台”
  • Lombard: “Osservatòri astronòmich de Brera”
  • Luxembourgish: “Astronomeschen Observatoire vu Brera”
  • Luxembourgish: “Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera”
  • Piemontese: “Osservatòri astronòmich ëd Brera”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Astronomiczne Brera”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Astronômico de Brera”
  • Russian: “Астрономическая обсерватория Брера”
  • Russian: “Брерская астрономическая обсерватория”
  • Serbian: “Опсерваторија Брера”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Astronomico de Brera”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Astronómico de Brera”
  • Swedish: “Osservatorio astronomico di Brera”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Брера”
  • Urdu: “بریرا فلکیاتی رصدگاہ”

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Highlights include Cupola Schiaparelli and Museo Astronomico di Brera.

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