Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco is in Centro Storico, Milan, Lombardy. Piazza San Marco is situated nearby to the university Università Della Terza Età, as well as near the community center Punto No Profit.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pinacoteca di Brera and Brera Academy.

Pinacoteca di Brera

Museum

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The Pinacoteca di Brera is the main public gallery for paintings in Milan, 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 Brera Academy, which shares the site in the Palazzo Brera. Pinacoteca di Brera is situated 110 metres south of Piazza San Marco.

Brera Academy

University

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The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, also known as the Accademia di Brera or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy. Brera Academy is situated 140 metres south of Piazza San Marco.

Biblioteca di Brera

Library

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The Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense or Braidense National Library, usually known as the Biblioteca di Brera, is a public library in Milan, in northern Italy. Biblioteca di Brera is situated 140 metres southeast of Piazza San Marco.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brera and Via Borgonuovo.

Brera

Suburb

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Brera is a district of Milan, Italy. It is located within the Zone 1 and it is centred on Via Brera. 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.