Private tour of the Sforza Castle in Milan
PRIVATE TOUR OF THE SFORZA CASTLE
Duration: 2 hours
Language: English or any other language chosen.
Included in price: guide service for two hours, audioguides for group larger than 10 participants, entrance tickets for the Castle.
To get an estimate: please fill in the form at right choosing the date, the number of people and the language.
Availability: everyday except New Year’s Day, the 1st of May, Easter Day and Christmas.
Starting time: from 10 am to 3:30 pm, last time on schedule to do the tour.
The Sforza Castle of Milan – Tour Itinerary
The guided tour of the Sforza Castle of Milan is a visit aimed at the discovery of one of the most beautiful castle in Italy, headquarter of the Visconti family in a first time and later of the Sforza family.
Francesco Sforza in the 15th century wanted the construction of the castle and at this purpose the architect Antonio Averlino, also named the Filarete, was called from Florence. During the reign of Ludovico il Moro the Sforza Castle was made even more beautiful thanks to Bramante and Leonardo da Vinci, which frescoed several rooms of the apartment of the dukes. Today only the Sala delle Asse remained.
In the 16th century the castle became a possession of the Spanish that used it as a military base and provided it with a new defensive system projected by Vincenzo Seregni. The castle did not change this military purpose even with the Habsburg and the Napoleon dominions. Successively Napoleon ordered the castle to be demolished, accordingly to the people of Milan that saw the castle as the symbol of the oppressive power of the dominators. In this period Antolini made his project for the new Foro Bonaparte, partly substituted with Parco Sempione.
Even though it was partly damaged the Sforza Castle survived the demolitions and was restored in the beginning of the 20th century by the architect Luca Beltrami that rendered it more alike to its original style. In the end the Sforza Castle became possession of the city of Milan and today it is the location of some of the most important museums of the city, like the Pinacoteca, the Egyptian museum, The Museum of Ancient Art, the Museum of Musical Instruments, the Biblioteca Arte, the historical archive and Biblioteca Trivulziana, the Stampe Bertarelli collection.
Reductions
Children 6-17 years old: select the 6-17 year old reduced ticket.
Children under 6 years old participate free and without headphones. However, it is necessary to report them in the booking form because it is necessary to book a free ticket for them too.
Milano Photogallery
Our guides
Italy Travels tour guides staff is represented by licensed guides of great experience and high level of professionalism, competence and excellence on their job. All Italy Travels guides are authorized by the provincial administration of Milan and most of them are art historians and teachers in art subjects.
All private tours organized by Italy Travels always include pre-reserved museum tickets when museum tours are included in the tour itinerary. In this way visitors avoid waisting time waiting in line in front of museums ticket offices.
