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from the same period, is a
single piece of coloured
glass, with finely wrought,
intricate decoration.
Y Parco Sempione
Piazza Castello–Piazza Sempione.
q 1 Cadorna, Cairoli, 2 Lanza,
Cadorna. £ Ferrovie Nord, Cadorna.
v 1, 2, 4, 12, 14, 27. @ 50, 57, 61, 94.
Open May: 6:30am–10pm; Jun–Sep:
6:30am–11:30pm; Oct–Apr:
6:30am–9pm.
Although it covers an area
of about 5 sq km (2 sq miles),
this park occupies only a
part of the old Visconti ducal
garden, enlarged by the
Fruit Basket (c.1596) by Caravaggio in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana Sforza in the 15th century to
make a 3 sq km (1 sq mile)
E Pinacoteca Ambrosiana of which remains apart from hunting reserve. The present-
Piazza Pio XI 2. Tel 02 80 69 21. the Cappella della Pietà, beside day layout was designed by
Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. & an 11th-century bell tower. Emilio Alemagna between
∑ ambrosiana.eu The interior seems to be in 1890 and 1893.
The Ambrosiana is home to the shape of a Greek cross, Among the trees are
Cardinal Federico Borromeo’s but this is an illusion created monuments to Napoleon III by
magnificent library of 36,000 by trompe-l’oeil effects, since Francesco Barzaghi, De Chirico’s
manuscripts. These include a space restrictions led Bramante Myster ious Baths, the sulphur
5th-century illustrated Iliad, early to choose a T-shaped plan. water fountain and the Torre
manuscripts of Dante’s Divine Above the altar is a 13th- Branca, a tower of steel
Comedy (1353) and the Atlantic century fresco. An octagonal tubes made in 1932 to
Codex (1478–1519) by Leonardo baptistry lies off the right aisle. a design by Gio Ponti.
da Vinci. In order to exhibit as The church’s façade was
much of the Atlantic Codex as finished in the 19th century. E Gallerie d’Italia
possible, the pages on show are Via Manzoni 10. Tel 800 16 76 19.
changed every three months. E Civico Museo Open 9:30am–7:30pm Tue–Sun
The building also houses an art Archeologico (to 10:30pm Thu). 8
gallery, bequeathed by Borromeo Corso Magenta 15. Tel 02 88 44 52 08. ∑ gallerieditalia.com
in 1618. The collection ranges q 1, 2 Cadorna. v 16, 27. @ 50, 58,
from 14th-century pieces to 94. Open 9am–5:30pm Tue–Sun. 7 Housed in the Palazzo
works of the early 19th century. (phone ahead). & = ^ Anguissola Antona Traversi and
Among the canvases are Portrait At the entrance to this museum Palazzo Brentani, Gallerie d’Italia
of a Musician by Leonardo, the is a model of Roman Milan, has around 200 works of art
Madonna of the Canopy by which illustrates urban planning from the 1800s. This collection
Botticelli (15th century), a cartoon and architecture in Milan from offers a fascin ating journey
version of Raphael’s Vatican the 1st to the 4th century AD. through one century of Italian
fresco, The School of Athens (16th The exhibition begins in a hall art, with pieces by such artists
century) and Caravaggio’s Fruit on the right, containing clay as Antonio Canova, Angelo
Basket. There is also a strong objects and Roman sculpture. Inganni and Umberto Boccioni.
collection of Venetian art, with At the end of this room
paintings by Giorgione, Titian, is a huge fragment of a
Bassano and Tiepolo, and panel torso of Hercules and
paintings by the late 15th-century 3rd-century-AD floor
Lombard painter Bergognone. mosaics. Also in this
room are two of the
R San Satiro most important works
Via Speronari 3. Tel 02 87 46 83. in the museum: the
Open 9:30am–5:30pm Tue–Sat, Parabiago Patera and
2–5:30pm Sun & public hols. the Diatreta Cup. The
Santa Maria presso San Satiro Patera is a gilded silver
church is one of the most plate with a relief of
beautiful Renaissance buildings the goddess Cybele
in Milan. It was built on the site (4th century AD). The The Parco Sempione with the Arco della Pace in
of a 9th-century sanctuary, little Diatreta Cup, dating the background

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