Basilica di San Giovanni Battista
Baroque basilica after Richini, begun in 1609, with a fifteenth-century bell tower.
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Churches and places of worship
4Chiesa di Madonna in Campagna
Country church at Sacconago with a fifteenth-century Pietà; the present building dates from the early 1700s.
Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo
Baroque church after Richini; its Lombard bell tower is the oldest building in Busto Arsizio.
Santuario di Santa Maria di Piazza
Marian shrine on a central plan, built between 1515 and 1522 in the historic centre of Busto Arsizio.
Museums, theatres and collections
1Palazzo Marliani-Cicogna
Seventeenth-century palace of the Marliani counts, home to Busto Arsizio's Civiche Raccolte d'Arte since 1990.
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Museo delle arti di palazzo Bandera
The Museo delle Arti di Palazzo Bandera is a private museum open to the public in Busto Arsizio, run by the Fondazione Bandera per l'Arte. It has a permanent exhibition devoted to the artist Carlo Paganini and hosts temporary exhibitions and educational workshops.
What to see
The permanent core brings together about a hundred works by Carlo Paganini, sculptures, drawings and engravings made from 1938 to 1991. Alongside them the museum puts on temporary exhibitions and offers educational workshops.
The spaces are large: 3500 square metres of covered floor area, twenty exhibition rooms, a conference room and rooms for educational activities. According to its statute the foundation aims to carry out initiatives of significant artistic and cultural interest, such as study, research and documentation, directed at the purchase, upkeep, protection or restoration of artistic works.
Visiting
The museum is in Busto Arsizio, at Palazzo Bandera. Opening hours, tickets and the calendar of temporary exhibitions do not appear in the sources consulted: check them on the foundation's website, fondazionebandera.it, before going.
Our editors' tip
Anyone wanting to look further into Busto Arsizio art of the early twentieth century can look for the catalogue «Arte a Busto Arsizio. Presenze e documenti, 1900-1940», published in 1995 under the name of the Museo delle Arti – Palazzo Bandera.
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What to eat here 1
Risotto alla Milanese
Where to stay
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Events & festivals 1
Next up: Saint John the Baptist and Saint Michael the Archangel, patrons of the town of Lombard textiles, Thursday 24 June
Getting there
Nearest airport: Milano Malpensa, 10 km away
Near Busto Arsizio
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