{{More references|date=October 2022}} {{expand Italian|topic=struct|Palazzo Sormani|date=September 2022|section=}} {{Infobox building | name = Palazzo Sormani | image = Milano pal Sormani.jpg | caption = Palazzo Sormani in Milan | architectural_style = [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] | location = [[Milan]], [[Italy]] |coordinates = {{coord|45|27|43.73|N|9|11|52.93|E|region:IT|display=title}} |image_size=270 |mapframe-frame-width=270 |mapframe=yes |mapframe-caption=Click on the map for a fullscreen view |mapframe-zoom=13 |mapframe-marker=monument |mapframe-wikidata=yes | client = | architect = [[Francesco Maria Richini]]<br />[[Francesco Croce]]<br />[[Benedetto Alfieri]] }} '''Palazzo Sormani''' (also known as '''Palazzo Sormani-Andreani''' or '''cà Sormana''' in Milanese dialect<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bertini |first=Enrico |title=Poesie varie, Varese |publisher=Amedeo Nicola & C. |year=1919}}</ref>) is a historic building of [[Milan]], [[Italy]], and the seat of the central [[public library]] of Milan. It is located at number 6 in Corso di Porta Vittoria, in the [[Zone 1 of Milan|Zone 1]] administrative division of the city.
==History== The core of the building, much smaller than the present palace, dates back to the 16th century, as testified by a memorial [[Commemorative plaque|plaque]], now located in the hall. General Giovanni Batista Castaldo was the first owner. Castaldo activated in Transylvania and managed to get a large part of the gold treasure of king Decebal of Dacia. The building was restored and enlarged in the 17th century, when it became the property of [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Cesare Monti]], who used the palace as the seat of his [[art collection]]. At the Cardinal's death, his heir Cesare Monti-Stampa acquired the building and enlarged it again. Architect [[Francesco Croce]], most notably, designed the current [[rococo]] facade. A secondary facade was added in the 18th century, on a design by [[Benedetto Alfieri]], heading towards the palace's gardens.
In 1783 the palace was sold to Giovanni Pietro Paolo Andreani, a relative of the Sormani family, and was renamed "Palazzo Sormani-Andreani". Giovanni Pietro Paolo and his heir Paolo enriched the building interior with [[stucco]]s (created by Agostino Gerli) as well as a series of paintings depicting the myth of [[Orpheus]], by an unknown artist. In 1930, the building was acquired by the [[Comune di Milano]], that adapted it as an art gallery; this was dismantled after [[World War II]], as a consequence of the palace being severely damaged by [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[Strategic bombing during World War II|bombing]]s. A new restoration (by architect Arrigo Arrighetti) followed, in 1956; thereafter, the palace was chosen as the seat of Milan's public library.
==The park== Palazzo Sormani has an inner garden, designed in the 18th century by [[Leopold Pollack]]. In 1955, a complex of statues by [[Agenore Fabbri]], on the subject of [[boar hunting]], was placed in the park.
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