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Pinacoteca di Brera – Art Gallery of Milan

About 500 meters north of the Scala you’ll find the Pinacoteca di Brera (Brera Art Gallery). Surprisingly enough the museum owes its name not to its founder but to the Germanic word braida , indicating a grassy opening in the city structure.

Several of Italy’s greatest masterpieces can be admired here, for example:

Other works by several Bellini’s (Pietà, Madonna with Child, Sermon of St Mark in Alessandria) , Canaletto, Tintoretto ( The Discovery of St Mark’s body ) and Veronese and many more:

A virtual visit is available on the (unfortunately all Italian) website. An overview with reproductions of many of the artworks of the Pinacoteca can be found on the 1st-art-gallery website. Audio guides are available in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish.

Disabled visitors
The gallery is on the first floor of the building but is accessible by lift from the Soprintendenza entrance (Via Fiori Oscuri , 2). Electric wheelchairs available. No reserved parking.

Part of the same Brera complex are an astronomical museum and a botanical garden , both free admission.

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