Palazzo dell'Arengario

The Palazzo dell'Arengario is a building in the south of Milan's Piazza del Duomo. He is considered the testimony of fascist architecture. After an extensive renovation of the Interior from 2002 to 2010 - Conception of the architect Italo Rota - it houses the Museo del Novecento. The museum is dedicated to 20th century art.

History

Until 1936 stand in the square where the palace is located, a page back room of the Palazzo Reale, manica lunga (German: Long Sleeves ) called. This was demolished in favor of a restructuring of the place. 1937 mass competition for the redesign of an assembly hall ( Arengo, hence the name) was announced, in which 29 projects were submitted. Of the four projects that made ​​it into the next round of selection, the a four-member group of architects has prevailed. Enrico Agostino Griffini, Pier Giulio Magistretti, Giovanni Muzio and Piero Portaluppi were all known Milanese architect. Your acting monumental design you have provided in five variants. They planned the Palazzo dell'Arengario of two symmetrical parts of the building to assemble. Their separating axis leads from the output of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II on the Duomo to Piazza Diaz and forms the Via Guglielmo Marconi.

Due to the division of the impression of a city gate to be built because the area around the Piazza Diaz became an administrative center and thus a connection from the Piazza could be made to the city center. Construction began on February 1, 1939. Marriage this could be completed, the palace was damaged during the bombing of Milan during World War II. 1947, the construction was resumed and completed in 1956, the building should now be in the left part of the regional tourism organization accommodate (Ente Provinciale del Turismo ). On the right, the Consiglio di Zona was housed the old town and other public institutions.

The left part of the building is now considered the real Arengario.

Architecture

The three storey building is clad with Candoglia marble. Both buildings have a kind of portico, whose roof serves as a balcony on the second floor. The balcony of the left part of the building is accessed via a located on the east side staircase and Benito Mussolini would have to serve for holding speeches. The fascist style typical for the sparse decor on the portico was created by Arturo Martini. The rows of windows of the two upper floors is modeled arcades.