Historical landmark
Palazzo Marino
Piazza della Scala, 1, 20121 Milano MI
Ornate Renaissance palace built by a banker who died bankrupt, later finished as a city hall.
This guide to Palazzo Marino in Milan follows Tommaso Marino, a Genoese banker who bankrolled emperors and popes and, in 1557, set out to build the most extravagant private home the city had seen. It traces architect Galeazzo Alessi's carved Hercules and mythological frescoes of Cupid and Psyche, and the Milanese neighbors who resented the display enough to slow the work for years. Listen for how the facade you're standing before came together in stages over three centuries.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.