Palazzo Borromeo d'Adda
Palazzo Borromeo d’Adda is a classic example of how Milanese neoclassicism was rebuilt onto earlier foundations. The palace already existed in the 18th century, but it took its present form from 1820 onward, when Marquis Febo d’Adda commissioned a Neoclassical makeover from architect Girolamo Arganini. On the façade, the arrangement is organized around three portals, with the central, major entrance framed by double Ionic columns in pink granite—those columns support the balcony of the piano nobile. Above, twenty-five windows alternate triangular and curvilinear tympanums, while the building closes vertically with a cornice of corbels and a central attic bearing the family coat of arms. …
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