At the foot of the Piazza Cordusio, where Milan's financial district converges with the pedestrian approach to the Duomo, a Liberty-style palazzo originally built in 1901 for the Assicurazioni Generali insurance company has been transformed into Palazzo Cordusio Gran Meliá. The building's exterior — a copper-domed corner tower, carved stone pilasters, and a mosaic-filled arch at the piano nobile — was designed by Giovanni Brocca and carries the muscular civic ambition of turn-of-the-century Milan. Its illuminated facade at night, trams streaking past in long exposure, still projects the authority of a building meant to signal institutional permanence rather than hospitality. Inside, the interiors take a different position, trading the palazzo's ornate stone grammar for a contemporary Milanese sensibility. Guest rooms are fitted with wide-plank walnut flooring, walnut-panelled headboard walls trimmed in brushed brass, and backlit artwork panels in verdigris and turquoise ceramic relief — a palette that acknowledges the building's heritage without imitating it. The ground-floor bar moves further still, with a vaulted timber-slat ceiling arching over a terrazzo floor, a continuous curved tan leather sectional sofa, and retro dome pendant lighting that places the room somewhere between 1970s Italian rationalism and current Milanese aperitivo culture. Above it all, a rooftop terrace furnished with rattan lounge chairs and marble-topped side tables frames the Duomo's spires directly over the cast-iron balustrade — the building earning its position in the city all over again.

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This 5-star accommodation is the first Gran Meliá hotel in Milan. Located close to Piazza del Duomo and the Quadrilatero della Moda. The refurbishment of this building, originally designed by architect Luca Beltrami, contributes to the redevelopment of Piazza Cordussio with gastronomic offerings of Italian and international cuisine and panoramic views of the city from its rooftop terrace. A hotel that fuses the essence of Spain and the customs of Italy. The hotel is located in the well-known Palazzo de Venezia, former headquarters of the Generali group, which after its renovation offers an elegant and avant-garde building in the heart of the fashion capital.