House Manzoni
House museum · Milan, Italy
Writers & poets
History
Casa Manzoni is a historical palace sited in via Morone 1 near the quadrilateral of fashion in the center of Milan, Lombardy, Italy, which was where novelist and poet Alessandro Manzoni lived from 1814 until his death in 1873. The building is also the venue of a museum dedicated to his life, the National Center for Manzonian Studies and the Historical Lombard Society.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Casa Manzoni”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
About Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni was an Italian philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist. He is best known for the novel The Betrothed, generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. The novel, published in 1827, is a symbol of the Italian Risorgimento for its patriotic message, and also because it was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern and unified Italian language.
From the Wikipedia article “Alessandro Manzoni”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting
This is a house museum. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.
