The milanese Ca’ Granda will open its “secrets” to the public to share its historical and cultural beauties.
The Ca’ Granda, one of the oldest hospitals in Italy, is an integral part of the history of Milan. Its 1600 archive contains thousands of historical documents including the hospital foundation documents, hundreds of parchments and some letters signed by famous people such as Napoleon and Leopardi. The collection of works of art includes over 920 paintings, with exceptional paintings – among others – by Segantini, Hayez and Carrà. The complex also includes one of the largest medical libraries in Europe. The Sepolcreto is located below the Crypt of the seventeenth Church of the B.V. Annunciata (adjacent to the Archives) and it is estimated that it houses the remains of about 150 thousand hospital patients deposited between 1637 and 1695. The same place also hosted the remains of the fallen of the Five Days of Milan, before they were moved to the monument of square with the same name. In short, a great artistic, historical, architectural heritage that will now be made accessible to the city thanks to the collaboration between the Policlinico and the MilanoCard Group. For the first time in its history, Ca’ Granda will offer a museum tour – named ArSe, from Archives and Sepolcreto – to its interior, giving voice to its most hidden places, which will tell the story of this institution and the city. The historical archive is a real hidden gem, not only for the documents it preserves, but also for the place itself: for this reason the entire ArSe path will be called “Route of the secrets of the Ca’ Granda”. The MilanoCard Group, which has been managing some of the city’s long-standing historical landmarks since 2015, such as the Highline Galleria, the Crypt of San Sepolcro, the Roman Forum of Milan and Cinema Bianchini, the first experiential cinema currently organized on board a boat on the Navigli, will take over all the necessary investments to make this route accessible and will allocate a significant part of the revenues from the ticket office to the care and conservation of the places visited. (For more info arsemilano.it and milanocard.it).
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