Jump to content

Casa Crespi

Coordinates: 45°28′08″N 9°11′48″E / 45.468899°N 9.196651°E / 45.468899; 9.196651
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Casa Crespi (via Sant'Andrea)
Portal Casa Crespi
Map
General information
StatusIn use
TypePalace
Architectural styleRenaissance architecture
LocationMilan, Italy
Address15 via Sant'Andrea
Coordinates45°28′08″N 9°11′48″E / 45.468899°N 9.196651°E / 45.468899; 9.196651
Construction started16th century
Renovated18th century

Casa Crespi is a historic building in Milan located at 15 Via Sant’Andrea.

History and description

[edit]

Although the palace dates back in its original form to the 16th century, it underwent major reconstruction during the 18th century. The façade is rather sober and austere: the ground floor is centred on the portal in smooth ashlar crowned by a balcony supported by corbels, while the openings flanking the portal are decorated with stone cornices. On the piano nobile, the windows are decorated with mouldings with high entablature, a decoration that disappears on the second floor to make room for windows with simple stone cornices. The interior is presented as a horseshoe-shaped building, with the side facing the eighteenth-century ashlar-work internal façade dedicated to the entrance to the garden.[1]

The building, for many years the residence of the Manara family, was the birthplace of patriot Luciano Manara.[2]

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ "Cortili-Aperti-MI-1996.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  2. ^ Lanza p. 28.

Bibliography

[edit]

Italian sources

[edit]
  • Attilia Lanza, Milano e i suoi palazzi: Porta Orientale, Romana e Ticinese, Libreria Meravigli Editrice, 1993.
[edit]

Media related to Casa Crespi (via Sant'Andrea, Milan) at Wikimedia Commons