Palazzo Marino

The Palazzo Marino, the Renaissance town hall of Milan

On Piazza della Scala, the Palazzo Marino is a remarkable Renaissance palace, built for a family of rich bankers. It is today the seat of the city hall of Milan. The Milan audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this fine building, a witness of the wealth of the city in the Renaissance.

A bankers' palace become town hall

The Palazzo Marino is an imposing Renaissance building, erected in the sixteenth century for a family of rich bankers of Milan. The seat of the municipal administration since 1861, it now houses the city hall. Its façade and its inner courtyards testify to the splendour of the Italian Renaissance and the merchant prosperity that made the greatness of Milan.

What to see

You admire the Renaissance façade and, depending on the occasion, the richly decorated courtyard of honour. The palace, which overlooks Piazza della Scala, sometimes houses exhibitions open to the public. It is a stop for lovers of architecture, completing the discovery of the institutional and cultural heart of Milan.

Practical information

The Palazzo Marino lies on Piazza della Scala, in the heart of Milan, reachable on foot. The seat of the city hall, it is an official building: its façade can be freely admired from the square, while access inside depends on exhibitions and events open to the public, to be checked before coming.

What is the Palazzo Marino?

It is a sixteenth-century Renaissance palace, built for a family of bankers, become the seat of the city hall of Milan since 1861.

Where is the Palazzo Marino?

On Piazza della Scala, facing the theatre of the same name, in the heart of Milan.