Clerici Palace Institute for International Political Studies

the clerici palace

located in heart of city, in district known in 17th century contrada del prestino (oven) dei bossi , clerici palace firstly belonged battista visconti , bought clerici’s, family of silk merchants , bankers como lake, towards middle of 1600 (about 1653).

the austrians, indeed, entrusted ducat’s internal governance clerici’s family, therefore needed mansion house in milan , palace subsequently became 1 of sumptuous, luxurious residences in city. in 1740 giorgio antonio clerici asked giambattista tiepolo crown success , achievements frescoing main room of palace. upon death, palazzo clerici passed hands of secondary branch of family; in period, precisely between 1773 , 1778, archduke ferdinand of austria lived here, while waited palazzo reale finished. names of of sumptuous , richly decorated rooms, boudoir , maria theresa’s bedroom, can dated these years.

after napoleon’s fall ceded austrian government , became seat of court of appeal in 1862. finally, in 1942 handed on ispi, institute of international political studies, , institute still today located here.