The late baroque Palazzo Arese Borromeo in Cesano Maderno

Palazzo Arese Borromeo, situated in Cesano Maderno, is a late baroque palace built between 1654 and 1670 by count Bartolomeo III Arese. The building's design was part of a complex urban planning project intended to give the new noble residence maximum visibility in the region. The principal facade is composed of an exedra and doric pilasters. In the northern wing there is a chapel, and in the southern wing there is a tower built upon the remains of its medieval predecessor.

The interiors are lined with frescos by prominent Milanese baroque artists, including Ercole Procaccini the Younger and the Montalto brothers. These painted cycles are part of a complex iconographic project involving recreated landscapes and mythology to communicate the economic and political power of the House of Arese under Spanish Habsburg rule.

The Salone d'Onore dei Fasti Romani, the most important room in the palazzo, features two bands of frescos. The inferior band depicts the history of Rome, while the superior band displays dames, signori, musicians, servants, and mendicants peering over a balustrade. The grounds consist of a large natural park, large fountains, a nymphaeum, an ancient example of an ice house, and a more private giardino all'Italiana on the northern side.

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