Palazzo Sola Busca
Liberty-style palazzo famed for a giant bronze ear intercom, its true sculptor concealed for decades.
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This guide to Palazzo Sola Busca in Milan centers on the giant bronze ear beside its entrance, an anatomically exact sculpture Milanese legend says will hear your whispered wish. It follows how, for seventy years, newspapers and even a respected critic credited the piece to Adolfo Wildt, Milan's most celebrated sculptor, nicknamed the ear-maker for his own carved ears. Listen for how the ear once doubled as one of Italy's first building intercoms.
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