Clerici Palace

Via Clerici, 5 20121 Milano

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Guided tours: by appointment only - phone 02 863313271

Restoration of interior decorations 

Clerici Palace is located at number 5 of the street carrying the same name, among the XVII century buildings of Contrada  del  Prestino dei Bossi (Quarter of Bossi Bakery).  The building itself is a typical example of late baroque architecture and still one of the most rich and splendid dwellings of the XVIII century, despite the various losses and tamperings suffered during the XIX and XX century.
Clerici Palace contains a series of decorated rooms, among the most splendid and meaningful examples of the XVIII century in Milan. At present it hosts ISPI (Italian Institute for International Political Studies) Headquarters.
Starting from 2004 under the direction of the Commission for the Architectural and Landscape Heritage of Milan and of Lombardy Region, and sponsored by the Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities and by ISPI, some restoration works were carried out in some of the most representative spaces on the first floor, once Marquis Antonio Giorgio Clerici’s private dwelling and later residence of Empress  Maria Theresa of Austria.

By Paola Villa
Photographs by Mauro Ranzani and Alberto Favara / Villa Archives

See also

The Honor Court and the Vestibule  >>
The apartment on the noble floor towards Corte delle Rimesse (Court of the warehouses) >>