The Orto Botanico di Brera (5,000 m ) is a botanical garden located behind Palazzo Brera at Via Brera 28 in the center of Milan , Lombardy , Italy , and operated by the Istituto di Fisica Generale Applicata of the University of Milan . It is open weekdays without charge.
9-488: Brera may refer to: Places [ edit ] Brera (district of Milan) , Italy Biblioteca di Brera , a public library Palazzo Brera , a monumental palace Pinacoteca di Brera , a national art gallery in the Palazzo Brera, which also houses: Brera Academy , a public art college Brera Astronomical Observatory , observatory built in 1764 Brera Madonna ,
18-608: A football club based in Milan Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Brera . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brera&oldid=1033749349 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
27-684: A land expanse either cleared of trees or naturally lacking them. This is because around the year 900, the Brera district was situated just outside Milan's city walls and was kept clear for military reasons. The root of the word is the same as that of the Dutch city of Breda 's name and the English word "broad". Brera houses the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and the Brera Art Gallery , which prominently contributed to
36-447: A painting by Piero della Francesca Orto Botanico di Brera , a botanical garden Names [ edit ] Alfa Romeo Brera , a concept car presented in 2002 and a sports car produced between 2005 and 2010 Brera Sterne , a Macross Frontier character Gianni Brera (1919–1992), Italian writer and journalist Paolo Brera (1949–2019), Italian writer and journalist Other uses [ edit ] Brera Calcio ,
45-480: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brera (district of Milan) Brera is a district (" quartiere ") of Milan , Italy . It is located within the Zone 1 (the historical core of the city) and it is centred on Via Brera . The name stems from Medieval Italian "braida" or "brera", derived from Old Lombardic "brayda" (often Latinized as "praedium"), meaning
54-506: The 19th century (now used by the Academy of Fine Arts). It contains one of the oldest Ginkgo biloba trees in Europe, as well as mature specimens of Firmiana platanifolia , Juglans nigra , Pterocarya fraxinifolia , and Tilia . 45°28′21.72″N 9°11′13.56″E / 45.4727000°N 9.1871000°E / 45.4727000; 9.1871000 This Italian location article
63-675: The character of Brera include restaurants, bars, nightclubs, antique and art shops, colourful street markets, as well as fortune tellers ' booths. From 1998 to 2002 novelist Paolo Brera , along with Franco Brera and Francesca Brera, edited and published the magazine Brera , devoted to the Brera district. Well-known journalists, art critics and fiction writers contributed over the years, including Rossana Bossaglia, Giuseppe Pontiggia , Guido Vergani, Vittoria Colpi, Carlo Castellaneta and Giulio Signori. 45°28′17″N 9°11′06″E / 45.47139°N 9.18500°E / 45.47139; 9.18500 Orto Botanico di Brera The garden
72-547: The development of Brera as an artists' neighbourhood and a place of bohemian atmosphere, sometimes referred to as "the milanese Montmartre ". Both the academy and the gallery are located in Palazzo Brera , the main historical building of the area; this same building also houses Milan's botanical garden as well as an astronomical observatory and the Braidense National Library . Other features that contribute to
81-504: Was established in 1774 by Abbot Fulgenzio Vitman under the direction of the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria , transforming an existing Jesuit garden to serve students of medicine and pharmacology. The garden was restored in 1998 after a long period of neglect and decay. Today the garden consists primarily of rectangular flower-beds, trimmed in brick, with elliptical ponds from the 18th century, and specula and greenhouse from
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