| Palazzo Leone da Perego |
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| Palazzo Leone da Perego, named by the archbishop of Milan who stayed there until his death in 1257. The building was reconstructed in 1897 careful to conserve some of the original elements such as the stone and terracotta decorations dating back to the 13th century. The Palazzo is located in the city centre of Legnano: the main entrance is in Via Gilardelli, while the back of the building faces the courtyard of the Sala Ratti, its entrance being in Corso Magenta |
After the complete restoration and some adjustments, the Palazzo, which is now owned by the township of Legnano, was given a new assignment; to be used for art shows, conferences and any cultural activities put on by the city of Legnano. Some the artists shown in the exposition room on the Palazzo’s second floor include the painters William Congdon, Lucio Fontana, Franco Francese, Gianfranco Ferroni, Alfredo Chighine, Aldo Bergolli and Attilio Rossi; photographers Joel Meyerowitz, André Kertesz and Giovanni Chiaramonte; and graphic artists Kathe Kollwitz and Federica Galli.
This exclusive location was chosen to host the closing ceremony of the Nations Cup which is scheduled to take place Sunday the 27th of May at 8pm. The beginning of the evening will include the awards ceremony and closing speeches from the different leaders involved in the event. The second part of the night offers the guests the chance to visit the art gallery’s current exhibition, starting from the 5th of May, located on the second floor of the building: the anthology “Varlin. Irony, ash, nothingness”. The show, assembled by Flavio Arensi and Patrizia Guggenheim, was set up thirty years after the death of the artist, Swiss Willy Varlin and includes over 50 paintings, some of which have never been displayed before.
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