Handbook for travellers in Northern Italy : comprising Turin, Milan, Pavia, Cremona the Italian lakes, Bergamo, Brescia, Verona, Mantua, Vicenza, Padua, Venice, Ferrara, Bologna, Ravenna, Rimini, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Genoa, the Riviera, and the intermediate towns and routes . e place of that of Philip Spain, which was converted into aBrutus in 1797, and destroyed duringthe riots of 1813. The lower part ofone of the wings has been fitted up asthe Borsa or Exchange. It contains amonument to Cutout, with a good bust,raised by the merchants of Milan. Theclock tower was erected by Napoleo
Handbook for travellers in Northern Italy : comprising Turin, Milan, Pavia, Cremona the Italian lakes, Bergamo, Brescia, Verona, Mantua, Vicenza, Padua, Venice, Ferrara, Bologna, Ravenna, Rimini, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Genoa, the Riviera, and the intermediate towns and routes . e place of that of Philip Spain, which was converted into aBrutus in 1797, and destroyed duringthe riots of 1813. The lower part ofone of the wings has been fitted up asthe Borsa or Exchange. It contains amonument to Cutout, with a good bust,raised by the merchants of Milan. Theclock tower was erected by Napoleonedella Torre, 1272, and restored 1873. This part of the city is the heart ofbusiness. Opening out of it are thegoldsmiths street and theVia di Santa,Margherita, the Paternoster Row ofMilan, full of booksellers shops. Amongst the handsome modernbuildings of Milan is the Cassa diBisparmio or Savings Bank, by Balza-retti, 1871, and the Banca Nazionale,in the centre of the business quarter,near the Scala Theatre. PICTURE GALLERIES.— **Brera. Palazzo delle Scienze edelle Arti is the official name of thisgreat establishment. It was built inthe 12th cent, on the brera, ormeadow land outside the city for theorder of the Umiliati, some of the PLAN OF THE BRERA EG | W. | \R. I yi. |t: | ivT —J——i ^i^ i » T* J 190 Boute 20.—Milan: Brera Gallery. principal members of which havingconspired against the life of San CarloBorromeo, it was suppressed in 1571and the Jesuits were put in possessiontill they were expelled in their turn,1772. The present very extensivebuildings (erected 1651 from Ricchinisdesigns with facade added by Pier-marini) contaiu within their walls(besides a chapel) the apartmentsoccupied by the Reale Academia,the schools of various branches of thefine arts, apartments for the RealeIstituto delle Scienze, on the firstfloor an extensive gallery of paintings,or Pinacoteca, the Library, a rich col-lection of medals and coins, ChineseMSS., a small b
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