Associazione Amici deiMuseidiMonzaeBrianza Onlus COMUNE DIMONZA (MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY) Piazza Carducci-porticiPalazzo Comunale TOURISTINFORMATION ANDASSISTANCE This brochure maynotbereproduced. All rightsreserved. Infopoint -RailwayStationgardens © Museoe Tesoro delDuomodi Monza Umberto Isman, Vittorio Pigazzini [email protected] Tourism andEventsOffice Tel./fax +39039.362722 Tel./fax +39039.323222 Associazione Pro Monza www.comune.monza.it Piazza Trentoe Trieste Via CadutidelLavoro [email protected] Tel. +39039.2372222 Associazione Pro Monza www.promonza.it IAT mainoffice IAT MONZA Photographs:
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R INGRESSO C GI O A A N M U L IN I A d e A L E S Comune 8 S A VRI N I C L V T i Villasanta I U a O INGRESSO T N 8 T m E GA I b r o INGRESSO S .S . n . 3 6 bis INGRESSO Lesmo di Comune INGRESSO WC WC VILLA, GARDENS,PARK ROYAL VILLA COMPLEX: the neo-gothicVisconti tower. flected inthewaters ofalake,andanartificialhill withpathwaysand stretches ofmeadow, windingwatercourses, asmall They featurerare flowersandshrubs,groupsof trees alternatingwith be laidoutinthe Appiani’s frescocycleinthe Where paintingsareconcerned,special mentionmustbemadeof Andrea and Giuliano Traballesi. by artistsofgenius,suchasGiocondo Albertolli, Alessandro Sanquirico nificent stuccoandmarquetrywork, furnitureandfittingsweredesigned is morerichlydecoratedthanany otherpartoftheVilla, whosemag- marini toacentralplan.DedicatedMaryImmaculate,thistinychurch floor inthesouthwing,andChapel,beautifullydesignedby Pier- ments and Psyche right. Together, thesebuildingsformthe the main buildingandterminatinginlesselevated,cube-shapedblocks– wings ofthesameheight,extendingforwardsatrightanglesto century Lombardy:acentralstructure,onlytwostoreyshigh,and The “U”-shapedgroundplanistypicalofcountryhousesineighteenth- of twokingsItaly(Victor EmmanuelIIandUmbertoI). seat ofaFrenchviceroy(EugènedeBeauharnais)andfinallythehome archducal residence(underFerdinandandRainierofHabsburg),the Habsburg, GovernorGeneralofLombardy. The Villa wassuccessivelyan architect The Court Chapel Villa Reale used byUmbertoIandMargheritaofSavoy, located onthefirst Giuseppe Piermarini . Adjacent totheVilla arethe was builtintheyears1777to1780byimperial Austrian “English” style to theleftand Rotonda to theordersof Archduke Ferdinandof . cial interestarethe and outoverthegardens.Ofspe- there arefineviewstowardsMilan ceilinged ante-room tothegrand,high- the octagonalatriumservesasan tunda. Insidethecentralstructure, conservatory century byLuigiCanonica–alarge Theatre kitchens –convertedintoa sisted ofstables,coach-houses, The morerusticoutbuildingscon- staff. date visitorsandthedomestic wings werefittedouttoaccommo- guest apartments,whilethetwo inally housedthearchducaland grand centralflightofsteps.Itorig- by abelvedere,isaccessed The principalstructure,crowned Cavallerizza , illustratingthefableof main courtyard Gardens in theearlynineteenth ballroom (Serrone) (riding school)tothe , thefirstinItalyto Doric temple , fromwhich . royal apart- and aRo- Cupid Court re- COUNTRY RETREATS THE PARK CAPPELLA ESPIATORIA recently beenreplanted. nected inspectacular fashionbyan known asthe (the the RiverLambro,includedgardensoftwopatriciancountryhouses Beauharnais. The chosenarea,northofthetownshipMonzabeside was begunin1806attheurgingofFrenchviceroy, Eugènede “large royalpark” On 14September1805,Napoleonissuedadecreeforthecreationof the 1900, bytheanarchistGaetanoBresci.From I onthesiteofhisassassination,29July in atonementforthedeathofKing Umberto pella Espiatoria ing totheVilla complex,standsthe hand sideofthemonumentalavenuelead- Not farfromtheVilla Reale, ontheright- alty andacrown,allofbronze. Above thedoorofchapelisa while thesummitbearssymbolsofroy- sides bylarge umn isdecoratedonthenorthandsouth pering column35metresinheight. The col- by LudovicoPogliaghi. to thesitingofmodernartinstallationsatvariouspointsingrounds. leisure pursuits,healthandfitness,socialactivityculture,thanks account for350,000sq.m.),offeringwonderfulopportunities sport, of landarereservedforpublicuse(includingthe within thepark. At thepresenttime, close onfivemillionsquaremetres granted fortheconstructionofa and theUmanitariacharitablefoundation.In1922,permission was to aConsortiumconsistingofthemunicipalitiesMonzaand Milan, Reale anditsPark werehandedovertotheItalianStateand,in1920, chapel Mirabello at thebaserisesasquareta- Bosco Bello Latin crosses and (1910), amemorialerected , alongsidetheVilla Reale anditsgardens. The work Mirabellino . The parkwasintendedforleisurepursuits, in alabaster, typical “U”-shaped pattern,werecon- two countryretreats, bothbuilttothe commodate his guests. Originallythese by Cardinal Angelo MariaDurinitoac- Villa Mirabellino and, onarisediametricallyopposite, the clude the ence ofsomefinebuildings. These in- luxuriant vegetation,butalsotothepres- The parkowesitsbeautynotonlytothe erected in1656forthe the architectGerolamoQuadrio and ), andabeautifulareaofwoodland national racing circuit(Autodromo) avenue ofhornbeams Cap- Villa Mirabello general public.In1919,Villa the parkwasopenedto trees werewellestablished, whole ofEurope.Whenthe tensive enclosedparkinthe It thusbecamethemostex- ruins oftheVisconti castle. built withmaterialsfromthe 14 kilometresinlength, closed bya crops. In1807itwasen- bandry andthegrowingof ity, suchasanimalhus- for activitiesofpublicutil- including hunting,andalso , commissionedin1776 Gardens boundary wall Durini , designedby , whichhas , which family, Pietà AUTODROMO THE LAMBRO FARMSWATERMILLS AND of theMilan laid outin1922ontheinitiative Nazionale is occupiedbythe The northernsectionofthepark Canonica, whoseparapetsconsistofgranitebollardsjoinedbychains. bridges includethedouble-arched again neartheFranciscanmonasteryofSantaMariadelleGrazie.Its fore leavingthePark the Villa Mirabello, be- circle inthevicinityof describing awidesemi- follows awindingcourse, then entersthePark and wall forsomedistance, alongside theboundary mills. The Lambroruns powered thevarious of once suppliedanetwork through theparkand The championship and the venue, suchasthe spectators whocrowd thestandsforevents staged atthishistoric cionados ofthe sport isevidencedbythehundreds ofthousands keep pacewithtechnologicaldevelopments. Itspopularitywithafi- been madeovertheyearsto asts, andmanychangeshave and motor-bikeracingenthusi- cuit isameccaformotor-car just 110freneticdays. The cir- May 1922andwascompletedin Piero Puricelli and supervisedbyengineer by architect Work onthecircuit,designed houses arestaurant. Cernuschi of ruralLombardarchitecture,the Maria diBrera. Also worthseeingarethe facings recoveredlargelyfromthedemolishedMilanesechurchofSanta sition standsthe canals River Lambro whose waters , theracingcircuit and theroyalpheasantry Automobile Club Alfredo Rosselli , beganon15 Cascina S.Fedele flows Formula IItalian Grand Prix Autodromo Intereuropa Cup . the the vicinityofVilla Mirabellostands them amoredignifiedappearance.In sequently rebuiltorconvertedtogive steads andwatermills,whichweresub- included anumberofexistingfarm- The landacquiredforcreatingthepark buildings suchasthe architect LuigiCanonicaalsodesigned still hasaworkingpaddlewheel. The ciutti upstream, themillof neoclassical turret.Inadominantpo- a farmwithanarcadedfacadeand Cascina delSerraglio , neo-gothicinstyle,withmarble Ponte delleCatene Mulino delCantone farmstead, theonlyonewhich (Fagianaia Reale) Cascina Casalta for touringcars. , the Cascina Frutteto Superbike , afineexample , designedby , the , whichnow and, further Mulini As- Cascina world ,
Monza R E I T A S HISTORICAL NOTES N I DUOMO SANTA MARIA IN STRADA SAN PIETRO MARTIRE PONTE DEI LEONI D S I I R S I RO IE duomo in the gothic style began in 1300, G F H More than 1,400 years old with a long history From Piazza del Duomo, the narrow Via Rossi If we then take the Via Carlo Alberto, Returning by way of Via Vitto- S C A C E V VIA CHI VCAN followed by the city walls and the castle. IO E ESA I VIA ANNON of international connections, richly decorated O R part of the medieval street layout, we VIA emerges into Via Italia. Turn left here and you rio Emanuele and walking to- Z A A I U R A . T TORE This period of relative self-government VIA N G E and furnished, Monza’s Duomo is one of Italy’s SA L come, on the left, to the square and P will soon come to the church of Santa Maria in wards the Arengario, we come PARINI V IA L FILZI V E LE PETRA D ended with the siege and capitulation IA G. VERDI − and indeed Europe’s − most important ec- I A A OT church of San Pietro Martire (14th V Strada, on the left, at the heart of the old me- to the “Lion Bridge”, built in I VIA of the city to Francesco Sforza, Monza A SANTUARIO clesiastical institutions. It developed on the D V century), and the adjacent monastery, I dieval town centre. Founded in the mid-14th 1842 on the remains the Roman DELLE GRAZIE T having allied itself with the Ambrosian VECCHIE ANTE site of a 6th-century place of worship dedi- P.ZA VIA SANT V A CROC VIA originally a Dominican foundation. In- CITTERIO E century by Franciscan Tertiaries, the church Arena bridge (an arch of which Republic. The 16th and 17th centuries VIA cated by the Lombard Queen Theodolinda to
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were marred by disastrous wars, famines T I I I VIA RA St. John the Baptist. During the medieval pe- B N R S O A A I
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and plagues. Now under Spanish domi- A L A riod it was several times enlarged and re-
O V . V A I Z O M P C . A A I F R I S I N the church are separated from the
A I A IA ANNONI nation, the city and its territory were I V G H O Z V N I V I LARGO stored, then in 1300 was replaced by a com- important example of Lombard gothic archi- Via Ferdinandea (now the Via V I L P.ZA A O P R C . ESTERLE nave by cylindrical stone and fired- L CARROBIOLO A reduced to feudal status. Among the E V V VIA pletely new building, sponsored by the I A C tecture. The interior was transformed in the Vittorio Emanuele II) was D VIA V I N 6
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M A A I town’s Visconti overlords, the construction V C A 17th century and the current decoration is in opened. The bridge consists of
A P.ZA AR M ROBI O ECCO V L S are vestiges of fourteenth-century
O A A T VILL family of the notorious Virginia, the way- I I SAN PIETRO VIC. of which dragged on for the whole of the A L N MARTIRE VIA L I SCUO L the 18th-century barocchetto style. Some ves- three arches with granite abut- Z P.ZA LE Fiume Lambro G E U E MATTEOTT R VI V A frescos of the Lombard school. The ward nun in Manzoni’s Promessi Sposi, C I A I R D 14th century. This is essentially the church C H D E I I O I P.ZA VIA ZUCCHI A M OR P tiges of earlier periods do, however, survive: a ments, while adorning the sides are four marble lions by the sculptor RTO VI I T A M C church has been lovingly restored, which has brought to light many of and the Durini. In 1706, the Spanish GRANDI I N R V
A CRISPI A we can admire today, though structurally and MAN S I VIAIA DE LLEY P.ZA T A VIA 7 room with cross-vaulting at the base of the bell Antonio Tantardini. O TEGAZZA VIA were superseded by the Austrians and SAN PAOLO ALBE I M its original features. The facade and the side elevation visible from the O N decoratively it underwent many changes be- SOLERA E V I V I D A A A B A N I D VA D E L L VIA A. tower houses a fragmentary late-14th-century Monza enjoyed a cultural and economic P.ZA I square were restored in the nineteenth century to give the building its O P tween the 15th and 19th centuries. A key figure in its building was the A O R I N ANZONI S S GARIBALDI I M I V. PRET P.ZA D I E . A CORTICELLA I S I CARL V P.ZA O R A E RIO A P G. GARIBALDI A fresco cycle by painters of the Lombard school. renaissance, culminating in the building E architect and sculptor Matteo da Campione, who supervised the work present neo-Romanesque appearance. The adjacent fifteenth-century R CARDUCCI VI VIA MA D . A PELLI E L A e Lambro E I P.ZA IC M
V O G L IC. BELLA V THEODOLINDA’S TOWER VIA LARGO ROMA R UE of the Villa Reale (begun 1777) as a LARGO V V V until 1396 and was responsible for the design of the facade. The opu- The adjoining 15th-century cloister has recently
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nand of Habsburg. In Napoleon’s day, A P.TTA E the Cappella di Teodolinda, the chapel to the left of the chancel, I MAURIZIO BER trance to the narrow Via Lambro, rises a thir- IO VIA ITALIA A E TA 1 T N R TTA D G VIA C MO E R O I A R O SSI M IA VIC. P P.ZA DELLA P.ZA L SANTA MARIA IN CARROBIOLO I N V Z work began on the vast Royal Park L O V M whose walls were decorated with a vast O IA VITTO C O E SANTA 8 Z A TRENTO RIA DUOMO N P teenth-century tower named after Queen R ICINI VIA L. V . C A R MARGHERIT IN I NI C E G A LAMBRETTO . G E TRIESTE IA I S A V I I V RRI S A A .
(Parco Reale), under the orders of his VIC A VIA LOCATELLI I VIA P.TTA V cycle of paintings by the Zavattari work- D I VIC. A Farther along the Via Carlo Alberto, we come to Piazza Carrobiolo and TO P C D LUIN E T ARENGARIO N L Theodolinda. This fortified gateway, marking SA GIOV. CORRIDONI L BOSC A N A O A VIA TEODOLINDI V I ARI IC . M V Monza, formerly an important Roman viceroy, Eugène de Beauharnais. GLI V O O shop to illustrate the life of the famous
L S DUR its church, dedicated to the Madonna. It was completed around 1260 VIA COL A I C I I G N NOR S VIA STO Walking back up the Via Italia, you will come the entrance to the old medieval town, is all V A I I OMBO V After the Emperor’s defeat at Waterloo, DEVIA settlement, became a key centre under VIA CERNU Queen. This is one of the greatest mas-
ZAVATT A VIA VIA VIA PO A P for the religious Order of the Umiliati and, when their Order was sup- TI PASSERINI AMB O VIC. RO N DELLA A VIA GAMBACOR G I SPALTO that remains of the former circle of walls. It is IOL RT I to Piazza Roma, on which stands the old O T VI the city was restored to the Habsburgs, SIGNORA A LODI V the Lombards, when their Catholic R ISOLINO terpieces of the international gothic VIA MARTIRI O A pressed (1571), was transferred to the Barnabites. TTI NTA MADDALENA 2 M DELLA LIBERTÀ D VIA three storeys in height, the third not added until N O GRASSI town hall, known as the Arengario (from Queen Theodolinda chose it as the sum- who improved Monza by opening up new V ALLO VIA I style (1441-1446). The altar in this chapel V P SA P V VIA IERMAR Of the original medieval building, all that remains is the bell tower, INI A ALTO SA VIA RO I I VIA SANT I P.ZA E V O SCHI 1880, pierced by characteristic windows (with mer residence for her court. She first streets and installing public lighting. The IA A A EGIDIO OSIO A MADDALE T T houses the Iron Crown, an artefact rich the Latin arengarius, derived in turn from L CAMBIAGHI VIA SP A which has stood since 1240, and the VIA LI NA P VI EL LIA town’s progress was destined to continue IAN S AZZON one, two and three openings) and surmounted built a palace there and later, in 595, a PAVO in symbolic and historical significance, TIG VIA I A the Germanic hari-hring, or place of assem- AR PINM I A perimeter fired-brick walls. The same ma- T T A CAM I A palatine chapel, on the site of the pres- under the House of Savoy, which pro- GRAMSCI V one of the most important examples of by battlements. N 1. 'XR DuomoPR0X – DuomoVHRH7 MuseumHVRURGH andO'XR TreasurePR bly). The building was erected at the end VIA BUCCARI V IA GALIL terial was used for the elegant series of NI Z VISCON 2.6D SantaQWD0 MariaDULD inLQ Strada6WUDGD VIA SAN FRA E ent Duomo, endowing it with an income vided the kings of united Italy. Monza’s O the jeweller’s art in the whole of the Western world. The precious dia-
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A USEFUL INFORMATION visit to the monumental Duomo complex in Monza is a fascinating expe- and, close by, a water-driven mill, the Mulino memorial chapel, demolished in 1809. You can still make out the bards. In the 12th DUOMO www.duomomonza.it - www.museoduomomonza.it rience, immersing us in a range of different settings and environments PIAZZA TRENTO E TRIESTE Colombo. This mill, already operating in the century, Freder- the Cappella openings for the chains used for raising and low- Open Monday to Saturday, 8am – 12am / 3pm – 6pm; Sundays, 8am – 1pm / and taking us back to the very roots of Lombard history. The priceless early 18th-century, originally served to grind ick Barbarossa Espiatoria, was collection of art works (tesoro) housed in the Duomo museum in Monza Not far from the Arengario ering the drawbridge. 3pm - 7pm. For information and guided tours, tel. +39 039.326383 corn, then was used for fulling (processing chose Monza as erected on the DUOMO MUSEUM AND TREASURE www.museoduomomonza.it is unparalleled, not only for the rarity and costliness of the materials, stands the modern-day town his favourite resi- site. In 1922, the Opening times Museum and Treasure: but because they give us a detailed picture of the history of the church, hall (palazzo municipale), wool), and finally for pressing olives. The build- dence and maintained a splendid court National Racing Circuit was laid out in Tuesday to Sunday, 9am – 1pm / 2pm – 6pm. Closed on Mondays. from its founding in the Lombard era to the present day. Throughout work on which began in the ing still houses the millstone, the press and RAILWAY STATION there. This period saw the beginnings of the park, making the name of Monza Opening times Iron Crown (Corona Ferrea): this time, it has been intimately linked with the great political and re- 1920s and was completed in other antique items of equipment. the medieval city-state (commune), universally famous. Tuesday to Saturday, 9am – 1pm / 2pm – 6pm; Sundays, 2pm – 6pm; Mondays: ligious institutions and events of Italy and the rest of Europe. The 1932. The building overlooks Rich in history, art and culture, Monza, Having visited the old town which flourished and grew as trade de- groups only, by appointment. It is not possible to see the Iron Crown during exhibits are displayed in a two-level architectural setting, greatly en- Piazza Trento e Trieste, the veloped. From the 14th century, under with 123,000 inhabitants, is an impor- centre, make your way to the church services. For information and guided tours, tel. +39 039.326383 hanced by sensitive lighting. Thanks to cooperation between our lighting former market square, SAN MAURIZIO the lordship of the Visconti and Sforza tant service centre, chief town of the designers and commercial firms, the museum has become a research nearby Railway Station (1884). SANTA MARIA IN STRADA which has recently under- Originally dedicated to St. Margaret, this church families, important buildings were Brianza area and the third city in Lom- For information and guided tours, tel. +39 039.326383 and design centre for innovative lighting solutions, since adopted by Perfectly preserved is the royal erected. The reconstruction of the bardy. gone redevelopment (2005- stands on the site of the former convent of Sister waiting room used by Umberto ARENGARIO PALACE www.comune.monza.it Temporary exhibition venue other museums and major international exhibition centres. Virginia De Leyva, the infamous Nun of Monza in SAN PIETRO MARTIRE 2009). Features have been I and Margherita of Savoy on introduced as a reminder of Manzoni’s Promessi Sposi. It was built in 1736 to For information and guided tours, tel. +39 039.326383 plans prepared by the Lombard architect Giovanni summer visits to Monza to stay SANTA MARIA IN CARROBIOLO www.carrobiolo.it the square’s history and the Antonio Quadrio. at the Villa Reale. These visits Opening times: weekdays, 7am - 11.45am / 4pm – 7.15pm; Sundays and activities which took place there in days gone by: there are two square The classical arrangement of the fired-brick fa- continued from 1884 until the public holidays, 7am - 12.30pm / 4pm - 7.30pm archways inspired by the ancient chiodere used in the traditional pro- king’s final journey to Rome, MULINO COLOMBO www.memb.it Visiting times: Tuesdays and Thursdays, cade is enlivened by the presence of a marble cessing of woollen cloth and two small channels of running water, doorway, a fine example of the Lombard baroc- for burial, on 8 August 1900. 9am – 12am. For information, tel. +39 039.2304400 which hark back to the old Pelucca canal, while a series of tiles in the SAN MAURIZIO For information and guided tours, tel. +39 039.326383 chetto style. The room is decorated with ROYAL WAITING ROOM AT RAILWAY STATION www.amicimuseimonza.it square’s paving reproduce the trade-marks of the 15th-century merchant The interior is richly decorated with fresco paint- stuccowork, wooden panelling Opening times: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 15.30-17.30. families. At the centre of the square rises the monument to Monza’s ings by Carlo Innocenzo Carloni and the trompe- and paintings in the “late- For information and guided tours: Associazione Amici dei Musei di Monza e war dead (1923-1932), by the sculptor Enrico Pancera: twelve powerful l’oeil artists Carlo Perucchetti and Giuseppe eclectic” style. On the ceiling is a medallion in tempera by Mosè Bianchi Brianza +39 347.6986580 figures representing The Victorious Wave of Assault, led on by Victory. Castelli. depicting The Genius of the Savoy Dynasty (1883-84).