The Manzoni house

The Manzoni house was built in the neoclassic style and it is situated in the Caleotto quarter where the Manzoni family resided for over two centuries. The first Manzoni resident was the writer Giacomo Maria Manzoni in 1612. The writer sold the house in 1818 to the Scola family who put up a commemorative nameplate for the centennial of the poet’s birth and he moved indefinitely to Milan. Alessandro Manzoni started to write the Promessi Sposi in 1821 and decided to set the scenes in the places connected to his family and his childhood. In 1940 the house was made a National Monument by King Vittorio Emanuele III. Now the building houses the Civic Manzoniano Museum and is considered to be one the most visited literary Museums in Lombardy. In the Museum ancient furniture, presses, autographs and the first edition of book are on display.