The word "Humilitas" adorns the pediment of the small church of Santa Maria Podone in Milan, a reference to the motto of the illustrious Borromeo lineage, which has given northern Italy's Lombardy region a cardinal and a saint. Opposite the church lies the Palazzo Borromeo, the family's historic home, which is also on the Piazza... Borromeo.

The family's influence is not confined to those historic monuments, however, as number 14 on the piazza is home to the atelier of Marta Ferri, wife of Carlo Ludovico