Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, a historic library in Milan, features a huge range of books and documents as well as an Ambrosian art gallery. The library's collection includes manuscripts from Greece, Syria, and more, including love letters between Lucrezia Borgia and Pietro Bembo, the oldest copy of the Kitab Sibawahaihi, and the earliest example of a Biblical canon. You can even view Leonardo da Vinci's "Portrait of a Musician." Plan your visit to Pinacoteca Ambrosiana and a wealth of other attractions, well-known and undiscovered, using our Milan road trip planning website.
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Extremely interesting art museum, I think it's better than Brera. There is a collection of paintings from the time of Bishop Borromeo, as well as more recent works. Here is kept the copy from which...
Extremely interesting art museum, I think it's better than Brera. There is a collection of paintings from the time of Bishop Borromeo, as well as more recent works. Here is kept the copy from which... more »
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I visited the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in December 2019. I had a hard time finding it and ended up walking around for 45 minutes with my map and asking several people (in Italian) for directions. But..... more
I visited the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in December 2019. I had a hard time finding it and ended up walking around for 45 minutes with my map and asking several people (in Italian) for directions. But..... more »
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An immense collection of art, a lot being religious but still impressive, especially with the spot lighting, including Caravaggio and Da Vinci. Marked down for there being only a couple of toilets at the entrance and there are 24 rooms to go round. The exit doesn't loop back to the entrance, so picking up bags and a buggy in the cloakroom meant walking all the way from outside, back round the block - not ideal. A lady at the entrance also said I can't let my toddler run around when in the gallery halls!
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Wonderful place! Very nice art collections, Da Vinci's manuscripts placed in beautiful building. Not only pieces of art was worth admiring, but also interiors of rooms, architectural details, stairs, terraces, porches and of course library room like from Harry Potter movie ;)
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