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Piazza Cordusio (also informally referred to as Piazzale Cordusio)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" (se
. An example of a formally defined "Piazzale" is Piazzale Loreto (which is in fact much larger than Cordusio). is a square in central Milan, Italy. The ''piazza'' takes its name from the ''Cors Ducis'' (Ducal court) which was located on the square during Longobard times. It is well known for its several turn-of-the-19th-century Neoclassical, eclectic and
File:Piazza Cordusio 2 002.jpg, Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali
File:Palazzo del Credito Italiano in Milan.jpg, Palazzo del Credito Italiano
File:Palazzo delle Poste Milano.jpg, Palazzo delle Poste
Piazza Cordusio (also informally referred to as Piazzale Cordusio)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" (se. An example of a formally defined "Piazzale" is Piazzale Loreto (which is in fact much larger than Cordusio). is a square in central Milan, Italy. The ''piazza'' takes its name from the ''Cors Ducis'' (Ducal court) which was located on the square during Longobard times. It is well known for its several turn-of-the-19th-century Neoclassical, eclectic and
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...
buildings, banks and post offices. Even though many of these have now relocated elsewhere, it is still an important commercial square in the city and hosts the ''Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali'' (Palace of the Assicurazioni Generali), the ''Palazzo del Credito Italiano'' (Palace of the Credito Italiano) and the ''Palazzo delle Poste (Palace of the Post Office), former Borsa di Milano'' (former Milan Stock Exchange). Piazzale Cordusio hosts the Cordusio metro station and is the starting point of the elegant pedestrian Via Dante
Via Dante today is a pedestrian street in central Milan, Italy, connecting Piazzale Cordusio (near the town center and the Cordusio (Milan Metro), Cordusio metro station) with Largo Cairoli (to the northwest and housing the Cairoli (Milan Metro), C ...
which leads to the imposing medieval Castello Sforzesco
The Castello Sforzesco (Italian for "Sforza's Castle") is a medieval fortification located in Milan, northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification. Later reno ...
, or Milan Castle. Opposite to Via Dante, Cordusio borders onto Piazza Mercanti
Piazza Mercanti ("Merchants Square") is a central city square of Milan, Italy. It is located between Piazza del Duomo, which marks the centre of the modern city of Milan, and Piazza Cordusio, and it used to be the heart of the city in the Middle ...
, former city centre in the Middle Ages, which leads directly to Piazza del Duomo, today's city centre.
Notable buildings
Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali
The Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali is the main one in the square and was built by architectLuca Beltrami
Luca Beltrami (November 13, 1854 – August 8, 1933) was an Italian architect and architectural historian, known particularly for restoration projects.
Biography
Beltrami was born in Milan. He was initially a student at the Politecnico in Mi ...
from 1897 to 1901. It housed the main headquarters of the mega-finance corporation Assicurazioni Generali. It has a small tower with a dome.
Palazzo del Credito Italiano
ThePalazzo del Credito Italiano
The Palazzo del Credito Italiano is a historic building situated in Piazza Cordusio in Milan, Italy.
History
The building, completed in 1901, was designed by the Italian architect Luigi Broggi. It was inaugurated on August 25, 1902. It hous ...
, a semi-circular eclectic building, was designed by Luigi Broggi
Luigi Broggi (6 May 1851 – 14 October 1926) was an Italian architect, Brera Academy alumnus and pupil of Camillo Boito, and later himself a professor at the Academy. He was mostly active in Milan; his most notable works include the Pa ...
and built in 1901.
Palazzo delle Poste
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 modernPalazzo Mezzanotte
Palazzo Mezzanotte, also known as Palazzo delle Borse ("Stock Exchange Palace") is a 20th-century building of Milan, Italy, and the seat of the Italian stock exchange. It is located in Piazza Affari ("Business Square"), the city square after which ...
in Piazza Affari
Borsa Italiana, based in Milan, is the Italian stock exchange. It manages and organises domestic market, regulating procedures for admission and listing of companies and intermediaries and supervising disclosures for listed companies.italy24.i ...
("Business Square"). After having hosted the main post office in Milan, currently it hosts the first Starbucks Reserve
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Roastery in Europe.
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 (born in 1729, and died in 1799). It was constructed by Luca Beltrami (born in 1854, and died in 1933).Footnotes