The Policlinico of Milan also known as Ospedale Maggiore di Milano or Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, is the public district general hospital in Milan, It is one of the oldest hospitals in Italy, founded by Duke Francesco Sforza in 1456. Today it is a modern hospital with 900 beds, with wards for adults, pregnant women and children. During the first COVID-19 breakout in March 2020, 300 of those beds were readapted for COVID-19 patients.
New Guardia Pavilion and First Aid after the renovation works
Policlinico's courtyard, now seat of the University of Milan, after the bombing of 1943.
Policlinico's aerial view, before the demolition started between 2010 and 2011.
Policlinico's old Guardia Pavilion, before the renovation works started in 2010
Francesco I Sforza was an Italian condottiero who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death.
Portrait of Francesco Sforza (c. 1460) by Bonifacio Bembo. Sforza insisted on being shown in his worn dirty old campaigning hat. Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Bianca Maria Visconti in a portrait by Bonifacio Bembo, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.