Palazzo Calchi

Palazzo Calchi (or palazzo Calchi Taeggi) is a historic neoclassical architecture palace in Milan, located in corso di Porta Vigentina, formerly home to the Calchi-Taeggi college.

Palazzo Calchi
Facade of the Palazzo Calchi in via Corso di Porta Vigentina 15a
Alternative namesPalazzo Calchi Taeggi
General information
Statuspublic
TypePalace
Architectural styleNeoclassical architecture
LocationMilan, Italy
Address15a, Corso di Porta Vigentina 15a
Coordinates45.454224°N 9.196377°E / 45.454224; 9.196377
Construction started1506
Design and construction
Architect(s)Monaci Scolari

History and description

The Palazzo Calchi Taeggi complex dates back to the 16th century. It originally housed the monastery of San Bernardo, until 1506 by Benedictine nuns governed by the Cistercian Fathers of Clairvaux, then by Dominican nuns.[1] A palace rich in history and stories of neglect (including the collapse in 1971 of the church of San Bernardino, of which only 3 arches of the right aisle survive), it links its name to the Calchi family, a noble family from Pavia, and to Giovanni Ambrogio Taegio (d.1553), a Milanese nobleman, who had ordered the foundation of the two respective colleges, later aggregated.[2]

At first it was a convent (in what remains of the monastery courtyard, now the reading garden of the local public library, there are still centenary fig and medlar trees under which one can read and study) and the beautiful 16th-century inner courtyard. It enjoys a privileged history in the Milanese scene and was the scene of many important events It later became an important college where many prominent figures of Catholic culture taught and where Emilio De Marchi also taught two years after graduating in the last century.[3] It was also the scene of the revolutionary uprisings of the Five Days of Milan, where students and professors united together in the name of freedom.[4] Having become a barracks and later a music school, recent agreements have been made between the Municipality of Milan, which will move its Municipal 1 offices there, and the Customs Authority. It is home to a library, a school and various city associations. It hosted during the pandemic the association that took in people living on the streets at night.[5] The building is owned by the public property of the Municipality of Milan; in spring 2022 it has been announced that it is scheduled to be refurbished.[6]

Notes
  1. Demanio. Palazzo Calchi Taeggi sarà un nuovo polo di servizi civici: ristrutturazione integrale a carico dell’Agenzia delle Dogane
  2. Testamento di Giovanni Ambrogio Taeggi, 11 agosto 1553 per Notaio Giovanni Ambrogio Mantegazza di Milano, Copia autentica edita nel Generale Archivio Notarile di Milano il giorno 18 dicembre 1810, as reported in Fasoli (2007), pp.168, 169. and provisions to Baldassarre Medici, as reported in Guttierrez and Avancini (1916), pp 26, 27.
  3. "Collegio Calchi Taeggi".
  4. "Storia del collegio Calchi Taeggi". Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. Calchi Taeggi, il palazzo è da ristrutturare: la onlus Senza Margini rischia lo sfratto
  6. Il palazzo di corso di Porta Vigentina 15 sarà ristrutturato dall'Agenzia Dogane

Bibliography

Italian sources
  • Sara Fasoli, Milano Benefica, Memoria e tradizione storica, Milano, Istituto di assistenza ai Minori e agli Anziani e Nexo, 2007.
  • Beniamino Gutierrez e Avancinio Avancini, Il Collegio Convitto Calchi-Taeggi di Milano, Milano, Presso il Collegio Convitto Calchi-Taeggi, 1916.
  • Prof. Ugo Guido Mondolfo, Il Collegio Convitto Calchi - Taeggi di Milano attraverso quattro secoli (1516 - 1916), 1916.

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