Palazzo Saporiti
Palazzo Saporiti, or Palazzo Rocca-Saporiti, is a Neoclassical Milanese palace shaped by money, censorship, and stagecraft. It was commissioned in 1800 by Gaetano Belloni, who ran the gaming room at La Scala; when gambling was prohibited during the Napoleonic era, he sold the residence to the Genoese Marquis Rocca Saporiti. The project was completed in 1812 on land near Porta Orientale that had belonged to the Capuchin Friars until their order was dissolved by the Austrian administration. The design is often linked to Innocenzo Giusti, but the commission was actually carried out by Giovanni Perego—La Scala’s famous scenographer—whose official training did not qualify him as a professional architect. …
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