Palazzo di Brera

The Palazzo di Brera is an 18th-century Neoclassical building in Milan, Italy. It was originally constructed as a Jesuit college. Today, the palace houses several important institutions: the Academy of Fine Arts, founded in 1776; the Braidense National Library, established in 1770; and the Pinacoteca di Brera. The Pinacoteca di Brera, founded in 1809 by Napoleon I, is one of Italy's largest art galleries, with a significant collection of Italian paintings from the 15th to the 18th centuries, particularly rich in Venetian and Lombard works from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The palace itself, with its severe Milanese Baroque style, is also a notable architectural landmark.12