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Here in the “braida”, they built a monastery, then a cloister and, in 1229, the Church of Holy Mary, a Romanic temple with three naves, rebuilt in Gothic style in 1347, whose façade was pulled down in 1810 (some of the rests are currently displayed in the Ancient Art museum hosted in Castello Sforzesco).
The back side of the church was preserved and incorporated to the palace that currently houses the Academy. The monastery and the church arose where via Brera and via Pontaccio are now located.
Towards the end of the 16th century, Cardinal Borromeo abolished the Humiliati order and, in 1572, the monastery passed to the Jesuits order that managed it for almost two centuries under the Spanish domination. The Jesuits ... read more
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