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Branda Castiglioni Civic Museum
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Andre
August 22, 2022
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Immersed in the ancient village of Castiglione Olona, set among ancient buildings, is the noble Palazzo Branda, the residence of Cardinal Branda Castiglioni. The palace was built in two different …
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The historic home of Cardinal Branda Castiglioni testifies to the greatness of his humanist thought. It is composed of a fourteenth-century body next to a fifteenth-century one (significantly altered over the centuries). In 1435 Masolino frescoed the Cardinal's study with the stupendous and unreal view of Veszprèm (Hungarian mountain resort). Inside there are other notable works by Vecchietta and Paolo Schiavo. A Lombard artist, painted in 1423 the so-called "Cardinal's Chamber" with fruit trees, cheering cherubs, late Gothic decorations and mottos taken from classical Latin authors, which hand down to us the refined spiritual testament of Cardinal Castiglioni.
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