Tag: milano
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Milano at night
Just a few pictures of the sights of Milano at night. The next series of posts will be about Barcelona. We came back two weeks ago and there are tons of pictures and stories to tell. Buono sera – questa è Milano di notte. Duomo Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II The cupola inside the Galleria Near Duomo Il Navigli…
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Cielo sopra Duomo, Milano
Milan’s Duomo is truly gigantic and spectacular in a somber way. The sky above Duomo, if you look up from the piazza, is filled with rows of saints guarding it. The church was smart to let tourists access to the roof. One can appreciate the scale of the building and all the ornaments on top.…
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Museo del Novecento 2
The Museo del Novecento (Museum of the Twentieth Century) was opened at the beginning of the year after renovation. We entered it from the bookstore which faces the piazza. It was not apparent from the piazza that there is a museum entrance. We rented an audio guide and spent quite a bit of time at each stop. …
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Museo del Novecento 1
Museo del Novecento (Museum of the Twentieth Century) is located next to the Duomo inside the Palazzo dell’Arengario, and faces the Galleria. The exhibits are all from Italy created since 1900. The building looks like one of those in paintings by Giorgio de Chirico (which we saw several in the museum). This museum features Italian art…
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Armani / Manzoni 31
One shop that we wanted to visit is Alessi‘s flagship store, because we want to add a few more pieces to our set of cutlery (Achille Castiglioni). According to our guidebook, it is on Corso G. Matteotti. Instead, we found Spazio Fornasetti which was a pleasant surprise. Lina Cavalieri’s face remains mysterious and enigmatic even after…
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Dinner by Naviglio Grande
This is a continuation of the last post about the Grand Canal of Milan. We got to the canal around dinner time and the tables were quickly taken up by tourists and locals. On one side, the restaurants have tables on the outside, the other side is a street (Ripa di Porta Ticinese) which allows…