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In the middle of Piazza Meda is NORTHEAST
a large rotating disc, sculpted by MILAN
Arnaldo Pomodoro (1980).
NORTHWEST
MILAN
5 San Fedele HISTORIC
CENTRE
This church, a San Carlo SOUTHEAST
typical example of was built MILAN
Counter-Reformation in 1838–47. SOUTHWEST
MILAN
architecture, is Locator Map
popular with the old E See Street Finder maps 3, 4, 7 & 8
Milanese aristocracy. L
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PIAZZA T Piazza del
MEDA I Liberty was
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named after
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S the Art Nouveau
R (“Liberty” in
O Italian) facade
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at No. 8. It was
V I A S A N P A O L O
restored after the
1943 bombing.
1 . Duomo
PIAZZA The third largest church in the
FONTANA world after St Peter’s and Seville
Cathedral, the Duomo towers over
the large square named after it.
V I A A R C I V E S C O V A D O
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P I A Z Z A
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VIA

PIAZZA
DIAZ
Piazza Fontana was the target
of terrorism in 1969: a bomb in
the Banca dell’Agricoltura killed
16 people. In the centre of the
V I A M A Z Z I N I
square is a fountain designed
Palazzo Reale by Piermarini in 1783.
Museo del Key
Novecento Suggested route

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