Palazzo dell'Arengario

Palazzo dell'Arengario
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General information
Architectural style	Fascist
Location	Piazza del Duomo
Town or city	Milan
Country	Italy
Coordinates	45°27′49″N 9°11′24″E / 45.4635°N 9.1900°E / 45.4635; 9.1900Coordinates: 45°27′49″N 9°11′24″E / 45.4635°N 9.1900°E / 45.4635; 9.1900
Current tenants	Museo del Novecento
Construction started	1936
Completed	1956
Renovated	2000s
Technical details
Material	Façade: Candoglio marble
Design and construction
Architect	Piero Portaluppi Giovanni Muzio Pier Giulio Magistretti Enrico Agostino Griffini
Other designers	Façade: Arturo Martini
Renovating team
Architect	Italo Rota Fabio Fornasari

Piazza del Duomo in 2007; Palazzo dell'Arengario is on the left

The Palazzo dell'Arengario is a Fascist-era complex of two symmetrical buildings in Piazza del Duomo, the central piazza of Milan, Italy. It was completed in the 1950s and currently houses the Museo del Novecento, a museum dedicated to 20th-century art.^[1] The word "arengario" refers to its original function as a local government seat in the Fascist period.

History[]

The Arengario was designed by Piero Portaluppi, Giovanni Muzio, Pier Giulio Magistretti and Enrico Agostino Griffini. Construction began in 1936, but experienced several delays and suffered from the World War II bombings; it was eventually completed in 1956.^[2] The façade is decorated with reliefs by Arturo Martini.

In the 2000s, the palace was restored and adapted by Italo Rota and Fabio Fornasari to house the Museo del Novecento, a museum of twentieth-century art inaugurated in 2010, especially renowned for its unique collection of Futurist paintings. During the restoration works, a "media façade" (i.e., a 487 m² LED screen displaying news on upcoming events, advertising, and more) was affixed to the façade of the left-hand building.^[3]

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