Palazzo Mapelli

Palazzo Mapelli stands at number fifteen Via Cappuccio in Milan, with a smooth neoclassical stucco façade. Five main-floor windows carry individual semicircular pediments. The building dates from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, while later renovations removed its original rococo decoration.

Inside, a courtyard combines a granite-columned portico with Lombard pebble paving arranged in patterns. A smaller portico has three arches beneath a painted wooden ceiling. The ground floor leads from a grand staircase through decorated rooms towards a garden, with coffered painted ceilings overhead. White and gold lacquered doors and overdoors belong to the eighteenth century.

Venetian mosaic floors continue the display, including one with the Mapelli family crest. Different coloured stones form intricate patterns across the courtyard floor. Ornate marble fireplaces have mirrors above them. Painted coffered ceilings add colour and visual depth to the rooms.