Palazzo Acerbi
Palazzo Acerbi stands on Corso di Porta Romana in Milan, a baroque palace that dates from the seventeenth century. It was once the residence of Ludovico Acerbi, a prominent Milanese senator. By baroque standards the exterior is almost austere. Its ornament gathers in two places: curving balconies on the first floor and lion heads around the entrance portal. Behind that calm face, the rooms once boasted opulence to match their owner's wealth and status.
Its strangest chapter belongs to the Manzoni plague of 1630. While the disease ravaged Milan, the Marquis Acerbi kept his extravagant parties running behind these walls. Not one of the guests ever caught the plague, and the city began to whisper that the devil himself lived here.
The palace now leads a quieter life as an office and apartment building. Look for the cannonball from the Five Days of Milan, still lodged in the facade, miraculously without significant damage.
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