Palazzo Arese Borromeo

Palazzo Arese Borromeo is an historic noble palace situated in Cesano Maderno, in the Province of Monza and Brianze, Lombardy, Italy.

The largest parts of the palazzo were built between 1654 and 1670 by count Bartolomeo III Arese, then president of the Senate of Milan under rule of Philip IV and Charles II of Spain, turning the countryside villa into an exemplary suburban noble residence for the House of Arese.

[4] The palazzo is in late baroque Lombard style, and is notable for its Genovese loggia, its internal court yard, and its gardens all'Italiana.

[5] The palazzo is lined with frescos by the most prominent Milanese baroque artists, including Ercole Procaccini the Younger, the Montalto brothers, Antonio Busca, Giovanni Ghisolfi, Giuseppe Nuvolone, and Federico Bianchi.

The painted cycles are part of a complex iconographic project, involving recreated landscapes and mythology, to communicate the economic and political power of the House of Arese under Spanish Habsburg rule.

Genovese loggia in the internal court yard
View of the facade from the exedra with hexagonal tower
The Salone dei Fasti Romani