Hidden Courtyards and Quiet Gardens

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Ca' Granda

   ~3 min here

   Ca' Granda is the monumental building before you, created as Milan’s great hospital and now occupied by the University of Milan.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Giardino della Guastalla

   ~3 min here

   Giardino della Guastalla is a public park whose most striking feature is a seventeenth-century fishpond, built in the Baroque style with two linked terraces, stairways, and pale granite balustrades.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Rotonda della Besana

   ~3 min here

   Rotonda della Besana is a former cemetery, and the long, undulating portico you see encloses a garden and the deconsecrated church of San Michele ai Sepolcri.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Villa Necchi Campiglio

   ~1 hr here

   Villa Necchi Campiglio is a house museum, and its clean, confident design comes from architect Piero Portaluppi.

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