{"id":6914,"date":"2025-06-25T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/?post_type=storia&#038;p=6914"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:36:38","slug":"piero-portaluppi-architect-and-collector","status":"publish","type":"storia","link":"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/en\/scopri\/storie\/storia\/piero-portaluppi-architect-and-collector\/","title":{"rendered":"Piero Portaluppi: architect and collector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:80vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#644d3d\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-6915\" alt=\"Piero Portaluppi\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Portaluppi-hero.jpg\" style=\"object-position:72% 29%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"72% 29%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Portaluppi-hero.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Portaluppi-hero-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Portaluppi-hero-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Portaluppi-hero-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Portaluppi-hero-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-stories\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">STORIES<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-piero-portaluppi-architect-and-collector\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Piero Portaluppi:<br>architect and collector<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover one of the most important Milanese architects of the first half of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century and his great passion, the sundials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-piero-portaluppiwas-born-in-milan-in-1888-in-1910-he-graduated-in-architecture-awarded-the-gold-medal-as-the-best-graduate-from-the-polytechnic\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><br>Piero Portaluppiwas born in Milan in 1888. In 1910, he graduated in architecture, awarded the gold medal as the best graduate from the Polytechnic.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He began teaching at the University while starting his professional career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1912, he started collaborating with Ettore Conti, an entrepreneur in the Italian electric sector, designing many hydroelectric power plants, mostly in Val Formazza. The most famous ones in Crevalodossola, Verampio, Valdo, and Cadarese.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Cadarese.jpg\" alt=\"Centrale idroelettrica di Cadarese\" class=\"wp-image-6917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Cadarese.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Cadarese-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Cadarese-768x591.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cadarese hydroelectric power plant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Crevoladossola.jpg\" alt=\"Centrale idroelettrica di Crevoladossola\" class=\"wp-image-6919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Crevoladossola.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Crevoladossola-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Crevoladossola-768x591.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crevoladossola hydroelectric power plant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Valdo.jpg\" alt=\"Centrale idroelettrica di Valdo\" class=\"wp-image-6921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Valdo.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Valdo-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Valdo-768x591.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Valdo hydroelectric power plant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Verampio.jpg\" alt=\"Centrale idroelettrica di Verampio\" class=\"wp-image-6923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Verampio.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Verampio-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Centrale-idroelettrica-di-Verampio-768x591.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Verampio hydroelectric power plant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In 1913, he married Lia Baglia, the niece of Conti, with whom he had two children, Luisa in 1914 and Oreste in 1917.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the Great War, he resumed his work as an architect, creating significant projects, as the renovation of Pinacoteca di Brera, Casa degli Atellani in Corso Magenta -which would become his residence &#8211; Palazzo della Banca Commerciale Italiana, and Casa Crespi in Corso Venezia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-13 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1141\" height=\"1221\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foto-di-famiglia-al-mare-anni-Venti.jpg\" alt=\"Foto di famiglia al mare, anni Venti\" class=\"wp-image-6925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foto-di-famiglia-al-mare-anni-Venti.jpg 1141w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foto-di-famiglia-al-mare-anni-Venti-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foto-di-famiglia-al-mare-anni-Venti-957x1024.jpg 957w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Foto-di-famiglia-al-mare-anni-Venti-768x822.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1141px) 100vw, 1141px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Family photo at the beach, 1920s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-16 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1181\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Schizzo-Portaluppi-su-Casa-degli-Atellani-1919-1921-pre-bombardamento.jpg\" alt=\"Schizzo Portaluppi su Casa degli Atellani (1919-1921, pre bombardamento)\" class=\"wp-image-6927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Schizzo-Portaluppi-su-Casa-degli-Atellani-1919-1921-pre-bombardamento.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Schizzo-Portaluppi-su-Casa-degli-Atellani-1919-1921-pre-bombardamento-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Schizzo-Portaluppi-su-Casa-degli-Atellani-1919-1921-pre-bombardamento-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Schizzo-Portaluppi-su-Casa-degli-Atellani-1919-1921-pre-bombardamento-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1181px) 100vw, 1181px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portaluppi sketch on Casa degli Atellani (1919-1921, pre-bombing)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<div data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1094\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planetario-Hoepli-1929-1930.jpg\" alt=\"Planetario Hoepli 1929-1930\" class=\"wp-image-6929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planetario-Hoepli-1929-1930.jpg 1094w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planetario-Hoepli-1929-1930-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planetario-Hoepli-1929-1930-1024x749.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Planetario-Hoepli-1929-1930-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1094px) 100vw, 1094px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Planetario Hoepli, 1929-1930<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Villa-Necchi-Campiglio.jpg\" alt=\"Villa Necchi Campiglio, 1932-1935)\" class=\"wp-image-6931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Villa-Necchi-Campiglio.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Villa-Necchi-Campiglio-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Villa-Necchi-Campiglio-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Villa-Necchi-Campiglio-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Villa Necchi Campiglio, 1932-1935)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-the-1930s-his-professional-activity-focused-on-a-series-of-significant-public-and-private-projects-characterized-by-a-moderately-modernist-style\" style=\"margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><br>In the 1930s, his professional activity focused on a series of significant public and private projects, characterized by a moderately modernist style.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">With his extraordinary creativity, Portaluppi left a lasting mark on his city, as\u00a0 in Villa Necchi Campiglio, the Arengario\u2014now\u00a0 Museo del Novecento\u2014 the Hoepli Planetarium in the gardens of Porta Venezia, Casa Corbellini-Wassermann in Viale Lombardia, and last but not least Casa Radici-Di Stefano, which hosts a small treasure: the Boschi Di Stefano House-museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><br>After World War 2, he continued his academic career and was involved in several major projects, such as the transformation of the Convent of San Vittore into the Museum of Science and Technology and the conversion of the Ospedale Maggiore into the Universit\u00e0 Statale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-his-later-years-he-focused-primarily-on-his-great-passion-the-sundials-which-he-had-been-collecting-since-1920\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">In his later years, he focused primarily on his great passion, the sundials, which he had been collecting since 1920.\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He himself built sundials on various buildings, including three at the Casa degli Atellani and one on the fa\u00e7ade of Villa Necchi Campiglio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He died in Milan in 1967.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-10 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-25 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1131\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Piero-Portaluppi-e-la-sua-collezione-di-meridiane-a-Casa-Atellani.jpg\" alt=\"Piero Portaluppi e la sua collezione di meridiane a Casa Atellani\" class=\"wp-image-6933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Piero-Portaluppi-e-la-sua-collezione-di-meridiane-a-Casa-Atellani.jpg 1131w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Piero-Portaluppi-e-la-sua-collezione-di-meridiane-a-Casa-Atellani-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Piero-Portaluppi-e-la-sua-collezione-di-meridiane-a-Casa-Atellani-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Piero-Portaluppi-e-la-sua-collezione-di-meridiane-a-Casa-Atellani-768x579.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Piero Portaluppi and his collection of sundials at Casa Atellani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-11 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1061\" height=\"1511\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meridiana-a-raggio-riflesso-sulla-volta-e-le-pareti-del-soggiorno-nella-Casa-atellana.jpg\" alt=\"Meridiana a raggio riflesso sulla volta e le pareti del soggiorno nella Casa atellana\" class=\"wp-image-6935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meridiana-a-raggio-riflesso-sulla-volta-e-le-pareti-del-soggiorno-nella-Casa-atellana.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meridiana-a-raggio-riflesso-sulla-volta-e-le-pareti-del-soggiorno-nella-Casa-atellana-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meridiana-a-raggio-riflesso-sulla-volta-e-le-pareti-del-soggiorno-nella-Casa-atellana-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meridiana-a-raggio-riflesso-sulla-volta-e-le-pareti-del-soggiorno-nella-Casa-atellana-768x1094.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1061px) 100vw, 1061px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reflected ray sundial on the vault and walls of the living room in the Atellan House, 1948<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1061\" height=\"1511\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meridiana-disegnata-da-Portaluppi-sulla-Casa-degli-Atellani-1922-1.jpg\" alt=\"Meridiana disegnata da Portaluppi sulla Casa degli Atellani\" class=\"wp-image-6939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meridiana-disegnata-da-Portaluppi-sulla-Casa-degli-Atellani-1922-1.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meridiana-disegnata-da-Portaluppi-sulla-Casa-degli-Atellani-1922-1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meridiana-disegnata-da-Portaluppi-sulla-Casa-degli-Atellani-1922-1-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meridiana-disegnata-da-Portaluppi-sulla-Casa-degli-Atellani-1922-1-768x1094.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1061px) 100vw, 1061px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sundial designed by Portaluppi on the Casa degli Atellani, 1922<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-12 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In 1978, upon the death of her mother Lia, Luisa donated her father&#8217;s collection of sundials to the Poldi Pezzoli Museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-13 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-33 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"950\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Piero-Portaluppi-1909.png\" alt=\"Piero Portaluppi, 1909\" class=\"wp-image-6951\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Piero-Portaluppi-1909.png 663w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Piero-Portaluppi-1909-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Piero Portaluppi, 1909<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-14 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-sundial-collection\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">The Sundial Collection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sundials are instruments that indicate the time using a gnomon\u2014an object that, when exposed to sunlight, casts a shadow on surfaces marked with lines corresponding to the hours of the day. Gnomonics is the science that studies the art of constructing such instruments and their use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-15 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">Sundials are very ancient devices. Already used by the Chaldeans, Egyptians, Babylonians, and Greeks, they became widespread in the Alexandrian and Roman world and continued to be used in later epochs. Small-size sundials were produced in large quantities and competed against mechanical clocks, which were more expensive and, until the late 17th century, less accurate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1290\" height=\"1085\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Vetrina-di-Takashi-Shimura-fine-anni-70-inizio-80-ora-in-Sala-Palma.jpg\" alt=\"La collezione Portaluppi nell\u2019allestimento precedente del Museo Poldi Pezzoli\" class=\"wp-image-6941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Vetrina-di-Takashi-Shimura-fine-anni-70-inizio-80-ora-in-Sala-Palma.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Vetrina-di-Takashi-Shimura-fine-anni-70-inizio-80-ora-in-Sala-Palma-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Vetrina-di-Takashi-Shimura-fine-anni-70-inizio-80-ora-in-Sala-Palma-1024x861.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Vetrina-di-Takashi-Shimura-fine-anni-70-inizio-80-ora-in-Sala-Palma-768x646.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Portaluppi Collection in its previous display. The showcase was designed by Takashi Shimura between the late 1970s and early 1980s. Palma room &#8211; Poldi Pezzoli Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-16 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Portaluppi Collection consists of over two hundred pieces, dating from the 16th to the 19th century, which document the various types, functions, and evolution of these ancient time-measuring instruments, and many makers, some very well-known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among these extraordinary objects, stands out the <em>Navicula de Venetiis<\/em>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-poldi-primary-300-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-17 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0c2e2556aa0eac5cb3db6b325b914895\" id=\"h-sundial-called-navicula-de-venetiis-oronce-fine-1524\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:0\">Sundial called \u201cNavicula de Venetiis\u201d, Oronce Fin\u00e9 , 1524<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69bca6796f5e84a0d1a693de77d9e0c8\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">It is the best known of the more than two hundred sundials collected by Piero Portaluppi and also one of the most important for its antiquity, preciousness of material and patronage. Made in 1524 by the famous French mathematician Oronce Fine, also the author of a literary work on sundials, it was intended for the court; in fact, it bears the emblems of King Francis I (a salamander and lilies). <br><br>The instrument functioned as a portable sundial: when the ship was properly oriented toward the sun a plumb line with a bead coming down from the mast cast its shadow on the dial. The hour track and two zodiac scales are engraved on the hull, while constellation signs appear along the mast. This is pivoted between the two tablets that make up the hull to be tilted according to the seasons. The name comes from the shape of the clock similar to a type of sailboat used in Venice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1794\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Orologio-solare-Navicula-de-Venetiis.jpg\" alt=\"Navicula\" class=\"wp-image-450\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Orologio-solare-Navicula-de-Venetiis.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Orologio-solare-Navicula-de-Venetiis-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Orologio-solare-Navicula-de-Venetiis-1024x957.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Orologio-solare-Navicula-de-Venetiis-768x718.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Poldi-Pezzoli-Orologio-solare-Navicula-de-Venetiis-1536x1435.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-18 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"2000\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The collection includes ring sundials, ivory diptychs, as well as those made of wood and printed paper; pillar dials and horizontal dials, as the silver Butterfield-type ones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-19 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1830\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Il-nuovo-allestimento-della-collezione-Portaluppi-Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-01.jpg\" alt=\"l nuovo allestimento della collezione Portaluppi\" class=\"wp-image-6943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Il-nuovo-allestimento-della-collezione-Portaluppi-Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-01.jpg 1830w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Il-nuovo-allestimento-della-collezione-Portaluppi-Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-01-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Il-nuovo-allestimento-della-collezione-Portaluppi-Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-01-976x1024.jpg 976w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Il-nuovo-allestimento-della-collezione-Portaluppi-Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-01-768x806.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Il-nuovo-allestimento-della-collezione-Portaluppi-Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-01-1464x1536.jpg 1464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1830px) 100vw, 1830px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Il nuovo allestimento della collezione Portaluppi, Museo Poldi Pezzoli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div data-aos-duration=\"3000\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1830\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/museopoldipezzoli.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Il-nuovo-allestimento-della-collezione-Portaluppi-Museo-Poldi-Pezzoli-02.jpg\" 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