Brera may refer to:
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Brera (district of Milan)
Brera is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy. It is located within the Zone 1 (the historical core of the city) and it is centred on Via ''Brera''. The name stems from Medieval Italian "braida" or "brera", derived from Old Lombardic "brayda" ...
, Italy
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Biblioteca di Brera
The or Braidense National Library, usually known as the Biblioteca di Brera, is a public library in Milan, in northern Italy. It is one of the largest libraries in Italy. Initially, it contained large historical and scientific collections before ...
, a public library
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Palazzo Brera
Palazzo Brera or Palazzo di Brera is a monumental palace in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It was a Jesuit college for two hundred years. It now houses several cultural institutions including the Accademia di Brera, the art academy of t ...
, a monumental palace
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Pinacoteca di Brera
The Pinacoteca di Brera ("Brera Art Gallery") is the main public gallery for paintings in Milan, Italy. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings from the 13th to the 20th century, an outgrowth of the cultural program of ...
, a national art gallery in the Palazzo Brera, which also houses:
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Brera Academy
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (), also known as the or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy. It shares its history, and its main building, with the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan's main public mu ...
, a public art college
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Brera Astronomical Observatory
The Brera Observatory () is an astronomical observatory in the Brera (district of Milan), Brera district of Milan, Italy. It was built in the historic Palazzo Brera in 1764 by the Jesuit astronomer Roger Boscovich. Following the suppression of the ...
, observatory built in 1764
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Brera Madonna'', a painting by Piero della Francesca
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Orto Botanico di Brera
The Orto Botanico di Brera (5,000 m2) is a botanical garden located behind Palazzo Brera at Via Brera 28 in the center of Milan, Lombardy, Italy, and operated by the Istituto di Fisica Generale Applicata of the University of Milan. It is open wee ...
, a botanical garden
Names
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Alfa Romeo Brera, a concept car presented in 2002 and a sports car produced between 2005 and 2010
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Brera Sterne, a ''Macross Frontier'' character
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Brera (surname), Italian surname
Other uses
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Brera Calcio, a football club based in Milan
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