Via Manzoni, is a busy and fashionable street in the

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city of

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which leads from the Piazza della Scala north-west towards Piazza Cavour. Notable buildings include the

Museo Poldi Pezzoli The Museo Poldi Pezzoli is an art museum in Milan, Italy. It is located near the Teatro alla Scala, on Via Manzoni 12. The museum was originated in the 19th century as a private collection of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli (1822–1879) and his m ...

, the elegant Grand Hotel et de Milan, which was the place of Giuseppe Verdi’s death in 1901, and several fine palazzi. Via Manzoni was originally called ''Corsia del Giardino'' before the crossroad with

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and Corso di Porta Nuova up until Piazza Cavour. In 1990, when the Montenapoleone station was opened, a fountain designed by Aldo Rossi was placed in Via Croce Rossa, as a monument to

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Streets and squares

Museo Poldi Pezzoli

The

at Via Manzoni 12, which specialises in Northern Italian and Netherlandish/Flemish artists, originated as the private collection of Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli which he bequeathed to the city in 1879. At Via Manzoni 12 was also the art gallery of

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Fashion

A part of the street forms the approximate north-western boundary of the ''

quadrilatero della moda The ''Quadrilatero della moda'' (; literally "fashion square"), or Via Montenapoleone fashion district, is a high-class shopping district in the centre of the Italian city of Milan, characterised by the presence of numerous boutiques and related re ...

'', Milan’s up-market fashion district. Fashion retailers here include Anna Rita N, Antonini, Armani Casa, Artemide, Bolaffi, Bottega del Cashmere, Coccinelle, E. Marinella, Frette, Gattinoni, Grimoldi, Les Copains,

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, Napapjri, Pal Zileri, Patrizia Pepe, Paul Smith, Scappino and El Ganso.

Gallery

Image:8915 - Milano - Palazzo Gallarati-Scotti - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 14-Apr-2007.jpg, The late 17th century Palazzo Gallarati-Scotti next to the church of San Francesco. Image:DSC02794 - Milano - Via Manzoni - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 20-Jan-2007.jpg, The museum courtyard. Image:IMG 8834 - Milano - Via Manzoni - Casa Roberto Veratti - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 14-Apr-2007.jpg, The home of the Italian resistance movement, anti-fascist partisan Roberto Veratti now houses a boutique. Image:IMG 4282 - Milano - Via Manzoni - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 20-jan 2007.jpg, The Palazzo Ca’ de Sass, pictured from Via Manzoni Image:8828 - Milano - Via Manzoni - Palazzo Poldi Pezzoli - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 14-Apr-2007.jpg, A view of the Via Manzoni, showing the Museo Poldi Pezzoli surrounded by several shops, such as the ''Caffe dell' Opera''. Image:Alvise Vivarini Crucifixion.jpg, One of the many paintings found in the Museo. Image:DSC02775 Milano - Cortile in via Manzoni - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 20 jan 2007.jpg, A courtyard showing a wedding-dress shop. Image:8536 - Milano - Porta Nuova (1171 e 1861) - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto, 31-Aug-2007.jpg, The ancient Porta Nuova gate which concludes the via.

References

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