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 Floral motifs abound |
11 Via Vincenzo Bellini Milan, Milan 20126 Italy |
Designed and built between 1904 and 1906 by Alfredo Camapanini, this building is symptomatic of the architect's devotion to the Art Nouveau style. The building is characterized by the lively floral decoration, that reaches its peak in the portal above which two female figures emerge. The wrought iron-work was made by the famous company Mazzucotelli-Englemann. Feature of interest: The interiors of the hall and porter's office where the original decorations are preserved. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Photo: Roberto Conte  |
 Photo: Roberto Conte |
 Public garden |
Via Guastalla Milan, Milan 20122 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
Created in 1555 by Countess Paola Ludovica Torelli della Guastalla, this garden is located behind the Sormani Library, right in the Historical Centre. On the side adjacent to Via Francesco Sforza, there is a fish pond, and a baroque basin, beautified in springtime by the flowering Lotus plants. The Park extends over a surface area of 12,000 square metres. Admission: Free. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Evangelical church |
10 Via Nicola Palmieri Milan 20141 Italy +39 0289532040 |
St Luke the Evangelist is one of the prominent figures in primitive Christianity. His works, such as the gospel and the Acts of the Apostles constitute a great part of the New Testament. Luke tells us that after the Pentecost the message of Christianity, with its Hebrew origins, was retold in polytheistic cultural circles and in Greek culture. Also in the works of St Luke you can read about how the first Christian communities were structured. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Synagogue |
19 Via Guastalla Milan, Milan 20122 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
This building, in the East-West part of the city, was rebuilt after the second world war, and was originally designed by the architects Beltrami and Tenenti between 1890 and 1892. The only original part still remaining is the Eastern style facade covered with marble and coloured stone. The post-war reconstruction is attributed to the architects D'Urbino and Tedeschi and took place in 1947. It is stylistically a contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional plans of Beltrami. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Inside the basilica |
2 Via Vincenzo Bellini Milan, Milan 20129 Italy +39 2 7602 1370 |
Created in 1972 by Don Carlo Costamagna, in the rooms of the former monastery, the museum conserves paintings, sacred ornaments, pictures on wood, furnishings and liturgical clothing coming from the neighboring Basilica di Santa Maria della Passione. In the old sacresty as well as 10 18th century wooden panels with biblical scenes, there are various canvases from the 17th century Lombardy school such as S. Gregorio Magno and S. Gerolamo di Carlo Francesco Nuvolone. The splendid 15th century vaults of the Sala Capitolare deisgned by Bergognone conserves various parts frescoed by the renaissance artist as well as the nine tables of Christ and the apostles, painted around 1514. From the Sala Capitolare you can pass to the gallery, with paintings by Daniele Crespi, Nuvolone, Giuseppe Vermiglio and Giulio Cesare Procaccini and to the Sala degli Arredi with its engraved cupboards, reliquaries, vestments and other liturgical items. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Regime architecture |
4 Via Carlo Freguglia Milan, Milan 20122 Italy |
The Palazzo di Giustizia, designed by Marcello Piacentini, was built between 1932 and 1940 to replace the old palace in Piazza Beccaria and to give Justice a unified and monumental seat. Piacentini responded to the requests of the regime with a building that is isolated from from surrounding urban developments, being both monumental and imposing. 1200 rooms and 65 courtrooms are present on this trapezoid plot, spread over four floors around a courtyard of honour and 12 mini courtyards with axial symmetry. The large windows with bronze fixtures and the walls entirely inn stone from Val Masino, distinguish the external façade. Inside there are the decorations in relief and the frescoes by many different artists among the designer's contemporaries (Sironi, Pini, Severini, Manzù, Carrà, Martini) Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Small music pavilion |
1 Largo Marinai d'Italia Milan, Milan 20135 Italy +39 2 5519 5967 |
When the huge fruit and vegetable market between Via Cadore and Corso XXII Marzo was demolished and turned into a park after WW2, the building known as Palazzina Liberty was left untouched. Designed by Migliorini in 1908 and completed in 1910 as a refreshment area for the market, the slender building now stands in the middle of the park. Its sinuous ceramic decorations and floral reliefs that surround the main frontages and glassed exhedras of the sides are a splendid example of Milanese Art Nouveau. During the 1960's, it was used by Dario Fo and his troupe as a setting for their productions; since the 1980's it has become the home of the Civica Orchestra dei Fiati and a setting for concerts and events. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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The Durini domicile |
24 Via Durini Milan, Milan 20121 Italy +39 2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio Turistico) |
Situated at the heart of historic Milan, this building was designed by Francesco Maria Richini in 1644, to a commission by Giovan Battista Durini, and completed in 1645. The speed in the building of the palazzo, and the richness of the decorations, indicates the notable financial power of this rich family of merchants. The building is based on two courtyards, the first the formal court with columns and round arches, and the second for service quarters. The façade is bordered by ashlar-work and by a projecting cornice. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Beautiful Frescoes |
6 Corso di Porta Vittoria Milan, Milan 20122 Italy |
Cesare Monti, a descendant of the like-named cardinal, entrusted Francesco Croce the task of refurbishing the building that he owned. The design of the façade reflects the trapezoidal shape of the plot. The central volume, surmounted by a curving gable, is linked to the wings by two lateral terraces: the frames of the windows on the ground floor are echoed on the floor above by the design of the spaces above the windows. Inside, the courtyard has porticoes on two sides: the interior façade, facing the garden, was designed in 1756 by Benedetto Altieri along classical lines. Feature of interest: On the first floor, the 'Grecchetto' room includes frescoes on the legend of Orpheus by painter giovan Battista Castiglione. Today it houses the Municipal Library. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Dedicated to old sailors |
33 Corso Xxii Marzo Milan, Milan 20135 Italy |
This park was set up in 1969 in the former vegetable and fruit market area. It has several different kinds of trees including horse chestnut, elm, birch and maple trees. There is also a fountain and a monument to Italian Sailors by Sculptor Francesco Somaini. The Liberty square - the former old market square, which was renovated, has been re-opened today to the public as a centre for classical music concerts. The park extends over a surface area of 70,000 square metres. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Peculiar enclosure and church |
12 Via Besana Milan, Milan 20122 Italy +39 2 545 5047 |
This was founded in the early 19th Century as a cemetery for the hospital named Ospedale Maggiore or Ca' Granda. The unusual building consists of a perimeter wall with, at the center, a church, now no longer used for religious functions, dedicated to Saint Michael, with plan in the form of a Greek cross. In 1725 another wall was built, creating a plan including large lobate structures. In 1870 a smallpox epidemic broke out and 5,000 people with the disease were isolated here. In 1940, it became a wash-house for the hospital. Today it is an open-air garden, a play area for children, while in summer it is used for open-air cinema projections: the ex-church is used for temporary shows and congresses. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Sixteenth-century church |
2 Via Vincenzo Bellini Milan, Milan 20122 Italy +39 2 7602 1370 |
S. Maria della Passione is one of the most interesting lombard buildings, with the Bramante mark, from the Renaissance era. The original plan was set out in a central design by the architect Giovannin Battagio (from 1486). There is a Greek cross, in the central nucleus, commissioned by Daniele Birago as well as three naves and lateral chapels designed by Martino Bassi in 1573. It is still possible to see the plan by the first architect, in the presbytery, especially of the free columns, which conform to the original design and the angular chapels which were much changed by the choir-stall, on which Cristoforo Lombardo put his mounumental lantern in the 16th century. There is a rich heritage of paintings by major, lombard artists of the 16th century in the church. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Fifteen-century church |
San Pietro in Gessate Milan, Milan 20122 Italy |
Seat of the Benedictines in 1344, this church was built to how it is today in 1476. Attributed to the architects Guiniforte and Pietro Antonio Solari, the building is a result of a unitary plan. In a Latin cross shape with three naves open out to a chapel for nobility in a polygonal form, a distinctive mark of Solari workmanship. The intervention of private commissions was fundamental for the necessay funds for building. The Grifi chapel is one of the more memorable patronised chapels, on the left of the transept, decorated from 1487 by the painters Bernardino Zenale and Donato Montorfano. The restored facade is by the architect Brioschiin 1912 with a notable baroque presence, the only surviving element of the old decor. There is a special synchronicity of architectural elements and pictorial decoration, one of the few surviving examples of fifteenth century lombard style. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Church and peculiar chappel with ossuary |
2 Verziere Milan, Milan 20122 Italy +39 (0)2 7252 4301 (L'ufficio turistico) |
This church, of medieval origin, has been rebuilt many times. Finished in the 18th century to resemble a civil villa and mounted by an octagonal lantern. There is an annex of a chapel war memorial on a square plan which contains thousands of human remains which are said to have belonged to victims of the plague of 1630, or to Milanese who were massacred by plundering goths. The most likely hypothesis is that these are the bodies of the deceased of the adjoining Hospital. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Mixture of Italy and Spain |
Piazza Medaglie d'Oro Milan, Milan 20122 Italy |
Planned by Ferrante Gonzaga on behalf of the Spanish crown, the second circuit of city walls was begun in 1549 and completed in 1560. With respect to the Medieval walls, the new fortifications enclosed the new districts that had grown up around the radial streets. This basically military structure, one of the most powerful in Europe, consisted of massive curtain walls and fortified towers, while little emphasis was placed on ornamentation. One of the finest parts of the walls is the Porta Romana, designed by Aurelio Trezzi, in which the traditional form of the city gate is given a sober decorative treatment. From the 18th century, the walls began to be converted for uses differing to that of defense, and in the 19th century they were finally demolished to make room for new districts of bourgeois residential architecture. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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