Piazza Cordusio
Piazza Cordusio (also informally referred to as Piazzale Cordusio)
Notable buildings
- Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali (1897-1901): main building in the square, designed by Luca Beltrami . It housed the main headquarters of the mega-finance corporation Assicurazioni Generali. It has a small tower with a dome.
- Palazzo del Credito Italiano (1901): a semi-circular eclectic building, was designed by Luigi Broggi.
- Palazzo delle Poste (1901): Another semi-circular building similar in style to that of the Credito Italiano, and also designed by Luigi Broggi and completed in 1901. It was the old stock exchange of Milan, until it was transferred to the more modern Piazza Affari ("Business Square"). After having hosted the main post office in Milan, currently it hosts the first Starbucks ReserveRoastery in Europe.
- Casa Broggi (1895): eclectic building at intersection of Via Dante and Meravigli, designed by Luigi Broggi and a young Giuseppe Sommaruga. While the base has a rusticated simplicity, upper levels become more decorative.
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Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali
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Palazzo del Credito Italiano
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Palazzo delle Poste
Monuments
Monumento a Giuseppe Parini
This is a metal and stone statue which stands in the middle of the piazzale and is meant to depict the great literary figure Giuseppe Parini (1729-1799). It was constructed by Luca Beltrami (1854-1933).
Footnotes
- ^ The terms "piazza" and "piazzale" both refer to city squares, the latter being used for "larger" squares. While Cordusio is a rather large square, its formal name is "Piazza Cordusio" (see [1]). An example of a formally defined "Piazzale" is Piazzale Loreto (which is in fact much larger than Cordusio).