The Royal Villa of Milan (Villa Reale in Italian), called also Villa Belgiojoso, was built between 1790 and 1796 as residence of count Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso. The villa was designed by Leopoldo Pollack in a neoclassical style with the main entrance on via Palestro, in front of the Indro Montanelli park (known as Porta Venezia park), for the strategical position near the Porta Venezia gate of the city.