The Palazzo Ghirlanda-Silva is a patrician building in the old town of Brugherio in the region of Lombardy, Italy. Built in the first half of the nineteenth century, it now houses the public library. It has an area of 1,992 m2 (21,440 sq ft), of which 1,407 m2 (15,140 sq ft) are used for library services, with the remaining space providing an exhibition room, an auditorium and offices.
Palazzo Ghirlanda-Silva: main entrance
Palazzo Ghirlanda-Silva inner courtyard
Brugherio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 10 kilometres northeast of Milan. It was established December 9, 1866 unifying the suppressed municipalities of Baraggia, San Damiano and Moncucco, together with the villages of Bindellera, Cesena, Gelosa, San Paolo, Torazza, Occhiate and Increa.
St. Lucius church.
Cascina Sant'Ambrogio (former monastery of Benedictine nuns)
Monument celebrating the first Italian public balloon ascent by Paolo Andreani in 1784
Villa Fiorita