Palazzo Brera in Milan is attributed in the text to Francesco Maria Richini and dated to about 1615. The article names no client but says it was a Jesuit college until the Jesuits were suppressed in 1773. The infobox gives 1776, which refers to the founding of the Brera Academy by Maria Theresa of Austria, not the building. It names no style, materials or dimensions.
Enlightenment-era institutions shared the building, including an observatory, a botanical garden and a library. The picture gallery opened in 1806 and became independent of the academy in 1882. During the Napoleonic period the facade of the church of Santa Maria in Brera was demolished and its nave divided horizontally.
A 2010 agreement proposed moving the academy to the Caserma Magenta. In 2018 the plan shifted to the former Via Farini railway yard as a possible campus extension. The article gives no hours or ticketing details.
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