3D model + texture of the interior of the Sala delle 8 colonne of Palazzo Reale in Milan Italy

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The Hall of the Eight Columns is a vast rectangular hall divided into three naves by eight large columns, which give the room its name

After the bombing of 1943, only the perimeter walls remain of the original hall, as evidenced by dramatic photographs preserved in the Sforza Castle Photographic Archive. These photographs show the stone drums of the columns scattered across what remains of the exquisite Venetian terrazzo floor, and the monochrome frescoes still intact, exposed to the elements.

Today, the hall features a partial reconstruction, scenographically theatrical, of the columns and coffered ceiling, completed in the 1990s. On the upper section of the west wall, the surviving monochrome grisaille decorations can still be seen, while the lower section features a series of "Allegories," eight paintings on canvas intended for overdoors, by the Austrian painter Martin Knoeller (1725-1804).

The Hall of the Eight Columns is currently used for conferences and events.