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 Rationalist building |
25 Via Roberto Sarfatti Milan, Milan 20136 Italy +39 2 5 8361 http://www.uni-bocconi.it/ |
The building of the private Luigi Bocconi university was designed between 1937-41 by architect Giuseppe Pagano with Gian Giacomo Predeval. Inspired by the plan for the Bauhaus school by Walter Gropius, it is one of the buildings in Milan most influenced by European rationalism. The complex, to which many additions were made after WW2, occupies the entire block between Via Sarfatti and Via Toniolo. It is in the shape of a cross: the arms are used for services and connections, while the ends provide office space and classrooms. The open arrangement of the various sections, the connections between the volumes and the white surfaces marked at regular intervals by square windows lined with lythoceramic tiles divide up the rooms of the university through rational architecture conceived by Pagano as 'service' and as an answer to concrete needs. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Attractive canal that passes through the city |
4 Alzaia Naviglio Grande Milan, Milan 20144 Italy +39 2 8940 9971 http://www.navigliogrande.mi.it/ |
Digging of the Naviglio Grande was begun in 1177. It was extended as far as Milan in 1257 when it flowed into the Darsena. It was one of the first canals in Milan and was one of the most important engineering works to be carried out in Lombardy during the Middle Ages. A branch of the Ticino near Tornavento, the Naviglio Grande enters Milan after about 50 km. For centuries it performed a fundamental role in the city's economy by connecting it to the great canal network in Lombardy (it was this way that the large pink marble blocks used for the construction of Milan cathedral entered the city). Today it has lost almost all its commercial value. Exiting the Darsena along the towpath of the Naviglio Grande, you will see the large residential buildings with fenced courtyards from the early 1900s, arts and crafts workshops, old barges (now turned into bars), the many areas that are undergoing urban renewal, and, further out, the country villas of the nobility (particularly between Abbiategrasso and Robecco sul Naviglio). Make a quick stop near Vicolo Lavandai, the ancient shelter with wooden beams that covers the communal wash-house. It is an image of a Milan from the past. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Ancient Romanic church |
1 Piazza Sant'Eustorgio Milan, Milan 20122 Italy +39 2 5810 1583 http://www.santeustorgio.it/ |
Outside the medieval city walls, along the road that runs from the Pusteria to Porta Ticinese, there is the church and monastery of S. Eustorgio. Originally the surrounding area was not built up, but was agricultural land, then it was occupied by Dominicans and is now surrounded by a public park area. The building has undergone various modifications from when it was first built (some say in the 4th century, others say the 5th), but still conserves it's Roman form due to it's reconstruction in the late 11th century. The cross vaults of the central nave are notably wide leaning on pillars, while the right nave opens onto a series of chapels which are part of the holy places of the adjoining cemetery. Notice in particular the Brivio chapel, the first from 1484, built in Florentine renaissance style which has been reinterpreted by local artists and the Torelli, the second built in 1424, which is in gothic lombard style. Beyond the pseudocrypt a series of spaces lead to the Portinari chapel. This is a true expression of renaissance lombard style, built from 1422 to 1466 by Pigello Portinari, a Florentine banker, as a chapel for the nobility. The chapel boasts frescoes by Vincenzo Foppa, to whom recent studies also attribute the architectural planning. The chapel is a cube shape with a hemispheric dome with significant detail. The adjoining monastery, much renovated over time, is made up of two 17th century cloisters which are now the property of the Diocesan museum who use them as temporary exhibition spaces. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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