Palazzo Saporiti
Palazzo Saporiti stands on Corso di Porta Venezia, in the centre of Milan, with a neoclassical façade. Its Ionic colonnade forms a loggia above smooth ashlar masonry and a central doorway. A heraldic elephant crowns the entrance, while a bas-relief frieze stretches between the first and second floors.
Gaetano Belloni commissioned the palace in 1800 during redevelopment around Porta Orientale. The project occupied former Capuchin land and reached completion in 1812. Innocenzo Giusti receives the official credit, while Giovanni Perego carried out the work as a La Scala set designer. Belloni later sold the building to the Rocca-Saporiti marquises from Genoa after gambling prohibition reduced his fortune.
Ten statues of Roman deities stand above the loggia, sculpted by Pompeo Marchesi and Grazioso Rusca. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Juno, Jupiter, Apollo, Diana, Bacchus, Ceres and Janus complete the balustrade. Inside, a main-floor ballroom holds elaborate stuccoes and frescoes that continue the façade’s artistic display.
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