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o Planetarium
Corso Venezia 57. Map 4 E4. Tel 02–88
46 33 40. q 1 Porta Venezia, Palestro.
v 9. Open Lectures 9pm Tue & Thu;
3 & 4:30pm Sat & Sun. & 8 7
∑ comunemilano.it/planetario
Donated to the city by the
publisher Ulrico Hoepli, the
Planetarium was built in 1930
in Classical style by Piero
Portaluppi. The projection hall
features a large hemi spherical
dome (20 m (65 ft) in diameter),
with the skyline outlined just as
it was when the Planetarium first
opened, and 300 swivelling seats
Casa Galimberti, decorated with wrought iron and tile panels to gaze at the movements of the
stars in absolute comfort. The
i Bastioni di Porta same name and used as a multimedia projection system
Venezia customs toll station. The two reproduces the stars as seen
buildings are decorated with from any point on Earth, whether
Map 4 E3. q 1 Porta Venezia, 3 statues and reliefs concerning in the past, present or future.
Repubblica. v 5, 9, 33. the history of Milan. Porta In addition to the shows, the
Venezia separates Corso Planetarium offers guided tours
What is today a major road was Venezia and Corso Buenos aimed at different levels of
once part of the walls built to Aires, a major commercial knowledge, including tours for
defend the city in 1549–61 by thoroughfare. students of the subject, and a
the Spanish governor Ferrante In 1488–1513, Lazzaro lively programme of scientific
Gonzaga. In 1789 the walls Pal azzi chose a site beyond the and popular-level lectures on
became a tree-lined avenue gate to build the lazzaretto, astronomy. There are also special
for walking and coach a hospital for plague vic tims events for students on Sundays.
parking. The Porta commissioned by Lodovico
Venezia ramparts, il Moro. The few remains p Museo di Storia
flanked by from the 1880 demo-
the Giardini lition can be seen in Naturale
Pubblici, Via San Gregorio. Corso Venezia 55. Map 4 E4. Tel 02–88
link Piazza A slight detour 46 33 37. q 1 Porta Venezia, Palestro.
della from Piazza Oberdan v 9. Open 9am–5:30pm (last adm:
Repubblica and towards Viale Piave will 5pm) Tue–Sun. Closed Mon, 1 Jan,
Piazza Oberdan. take you past some Easter, 1 May, 15 Aug, 25 Dec. 8
The former was interesting Art Nouveau = 7 Lecture hall, library.
laid out in 1931 Plaque commemorating style buildings: Casa
when the the lazzaretto Galimberti, designed by The museum of Natural History
19th-century Giovan Battista Bossi in was founded in 1838 with the
railway station was demolished 1903–4, decorated with donation of the Giuseppe de
and rebuilt 800 m (2,624 ft) wrought iron and panels of Cristoforis and Giorgio Jan
away and greatly enlarged ceramic tiles, and the Hotel collections. The building was
to cope with increas ing traffic Diana Majestic. constructed in Neo-Romanesque
resulting from the opening of
the St Gotthard (1882) and
Simplon (1906) passes through
the Alps.
Not far from the piazza, in
Via Turati, is the Palazzo della
Permanente, designed by Luca
Beltrami in 1885 as the home
of the Permanent Fine Arts
Exhibition and now used for
temporary exhibitions.
Piazza Oberdan is domi nated
by Porta Venezia, the city
gate rebuilt in 1828 on the
site of the Spanish gate of the Reconstruction of a dinosaur skeleton, Museo di Storia Naturale

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