The Palazzo Tarsis is an 18th-century mansion in

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, northern Italy, built in the

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. Its interiors were fully renovated after the building was bombed in 1943. Historically part of the Porta Nuova district, it is located at 1, Via San Paolo.

History and architecture

Built between 1836 and 1838 for Count Paolo Tarsis by the architect Luigi Clerichetti, it stands on the site of the former San Paolo in Compito church and is one of the city's latest Neoclassical works. Its central portico with

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columns is surmounted by a cornice supporting statues of the

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sculpted by

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and Gaetano Manfredini. The main entrance consists of a retracted portal with two

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columns. Though not consistent with the style of the building, a second entrance was added in the last half of the 20th century. Now fully restored after incendiary bombs destroyed the interiors in the

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, the building is still owned by the Tarsis family. Paolo Colussi, "La cultura neoclassica a Milano"
''Storia di Milano''. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

References

Bibliography

*Giacomo Carlo Bascapé, ''I palazzi della vecchia Milano'', Hoepli, Milan, 1945 - pp. 25, 277. *Paolo Mezzanotte, Giacomo Carlo Bascapé, ''Milano, nell'arte e nella storia'', Bestetti, Milan, 1968 (1948) - p. 193. *Livia Negri, ''I palazzi di Milano'', Newton & Compton, Milano, 1998 - p. 318. *AAVV, ''Bombe sulla città'', Skira, Milan, 2004 - pp. 297–298.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarsis, Palazzo Houses completed in 1838 Neoclassical architecture in Milan Palaces in Milan Tourist attractions in Milan

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