Culture of Milan nevertheless it retained a sort of central position in cultural debates. New ideas and movements from other countries of Europe were accepted and discussed: thus Realism and Naturalism gave birth to an Italian movement, "Verismo". The greatest "verista" novelist, Giovanni Verga, was born in Sicily but wrote his most important books in Milan. Milan is a major nationwide and international centre of the performing arts, most notably opera. Milan is the location of "La Scala" opera house, one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world, and throughout history has hosted the premieres of numerous operas, such as "Nabucco"
House of Milan Piroćanac House of Milan Piroćanac House of Milan Piroćanac is located in Belgrade, at the corner of Francuska and Simina streets, and it has the status of a cultural monument. The house was built around 1884 for Milan Piroćanac, presumably by architect Јоvan Ilkić, as a typical example of the representative urban architecture of the time. For the building of his house, Piroćanac spent the money he got by selling the property for 4,000 ducats, as he told his friend Milan Milićević, and in addition, he borrowed 75,000 francs from Lender Bank. Representative effect of the house project in accordance with