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It is located on the south side of the Duomo. It was built in 1300s on the site of Milan's 11th century town council called Palazzo del Broletto Vecchio.
It was inhabited by the Visconti family who changed its appearance, transforming into the Corte Ducale and it was redecorated in the 16th century with the architectural reforms of the Sforzas.
It hosted the Spanish rulers and then the city's first permanent civic theatre where Mozart played in as a child.
When Archduke Ferdinand of Austria established his residence here he charged Giuseppe Piermarini to make it over as a building, keeping with his position.
During the World War II, it was damaged badly and most of the Neoclassical salons such as Hall of the Caryatids by Piermarini, some frescoes, mosaics and stuccowork were lost.
Inside the palazzo there's a museum called Museo della Reggia which exhibits the life at the court between 1781 and 1860 with rooms devoted to tapestries and lanterns.
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