From the mid-eighteenth century onward, European artistic styles had stood at a crossroads, and not every woman liked Rococo so much. Queen Maria Theresa preferred Neoclassicism. By the time she ruled, Milan's overall style was still Late Baroque, so after her son Archduke Ferdinand married Maria Beatrice d'Este and settled in Milan, the queen decided to renovate the entire city in the Neoclassical style. In 1776, she founded an art gallery in Brera Palace, and thus the Brera Academy was born.
There was a botanical garden beside the academy, which also belonged to Brera Palace. Pio Magenta had joined the People's Association Club there. At the time, like many young people, he had embraced Enlightenment ideas from beyond the mountains.
All through last night, the sound of military boots had echoed outside. The Italian Third Infantry Regiment, where Cheroni served, was now being transferred elsewhere. By dawn, the change of guard was nearly complete, and only then did Georgiana move from the bank with its bunker to Marino Palace, which was also located on the square.
It had been built by a banker from Genoa and looked elegant and exquisite. All the attendants she had brought could stay there, with rooms to spare.
The opera house across the way had also been "sleepless all night." Milan's police had released some innocent people. Carrying bundles, they stood in the square waiting for the carriages that would take them away.
Miss Delory ran an art gallery. Besides being a judge, Magenta was also a doctor, though medicine was merely his interest. In Pavia, he had studied land surveying and architecture, and he occasionally translated Latin poets' works.
He had wide-ranging interests and many friends. It could not be concluded that he had participated in this incident merely because he had corresponded with