Milan’s famous Brera Academy (the Accademia di Brera) will be moving to a new location.
A new campus of the performing arts academy will be established in the restored police stations of Magenta and Carroccio on Milan’s via Mascheroni.
The historic Brera location will then be entirely occupied by the Pinacoteca which will undergo an expansion.
Milan’s mayor, Letizia Moratti, has approved the works along with an interesting mix of ministerial colleagues from the arts, education and even the military.
The opening of the new Accademia and the Pinacoteca is planned for the 2015 Milan Expo.
According to reports, the students are content with the plans, gaining more space and new facilities, although some nostalgia will occur in moving from Milan’s elegant old town, making way for more tourists and offices.