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History

The Palazzo delle Stelline was created after the plagues in Milan in 1576. A land of conquest and theater of bloody encounters, the Lombardian city remained at the mercy of these events for a good part of the 16th century; orphans, the marginalized, and the homeless were found in the streets.

In the attempt to alleviate an extremely serious situation, San Carlo Borromeo, archbishop of Milan, leased the former monastery of the Benedictines of Santa Maria della Stella, founding in January 1578 the Ospedale dei Poveri Mendicanti and Vergognosi della Stella (Hospital for the Poor and Humble Beggars della Stella) .

In the middle of the 1600s, the structure offered its services almost completely to needy children, especially housing young orphans renamed “stelline”, in memory of the ancient monastery. Renovated over the course of centuries, the palazzo has maintained up to today its ancient architectural characteristics that even today show the profile to one of the most important cultural sites of the city of Milan.