![]() In 1450, Francesco Sforza, once he shattered the republicans, began reconstruction of the castle to turn it into his princely residence. The castle was the main residence in the city of its Visconti lords, and was destroyed by the short-lived Golden Ambrosian Republic which ousted them in 1447. His successors Gian Galeazzo, Giovanni Maria and Filippo Maria Visconti enlarged it, until it became a square-plan castle with 200 m-long sides, four towers at the corners and up to 7-metre-thick walls. The original construction was ordered by local lord Galeazzo II Visconti in 1358–c. ![]() ![]() Extensively rebuilt by Luca Beltrami in 1891–1905, it now houses several of the city's museums and art collections. Later renovated and enlarged, in the 16th and 17th centuries it was one of the largest citadels in Europe. Sforza Castle was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification.
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