More Milanese adventures...

Italy's version of my old favourite!!! Love the name!

Around my area-

 Streets of Milano

 San Carlo al Corso- 5 minutes walk down Corso Vittorio Emmanuelle (near the Duomo).

 Duomo by night.....

Around the Navigli area...

 
.....a mecca for artists and a great place for a dinner... coffee or an aperitivo...

 one of the oldest trees in Milano....

I visited this area recently with a Milanese friend M. who was so kind as to give me an insight into the history of the Navigli area... we also went into one of the oldest churches in Milan - the San Cristoforo sul Naviglio.
 Read more about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Cristoforo_sul_Naviglio

Unfortunately I was stupid enough NOT to take an photos...

 Milano Centrale built by the Facists...

The Elephant Parade hits Milano... from the 16th September (and through to the 15th November 2011), this is the most famous open-air exhibition in the world dedicated to saving the Asian elephant from extinction.

 

 My first fashion show in Milano...Cannella Fall-Winter Collections

 Basilica of Saint Eustorgio

Basilica of San Lorenzo

 More pics of the Palazzo della Ragione (Palace of Reason).....

Milanese Adventures

Well, the best parts of Milan are those that you have to seek

out apart from the incredible cathedral in the middle of town.... the Duomo.... which you just can't miss....

 

Inside the Duomo

On the roof!

 out and about Milano

at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana first opened to the public opened to the public on 8 December 1609.. WOW!

 

at the Castello Sforzesco (a powerful family dynasty's castle that ruled Milan for centuries)- construction began in the 14th century....

 

 

in the courtyard...

 Dancing in the Piazza Duomo.... (filming an ad!)

 
The Galleria and Piazza Duomo

 

Inside the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II or  il salotto di Milano

(Milan's most expensive shopping centre, designed in 1861 and built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877)

 rubbing your foot on the bull's testies for good luck (to avoid Mengoni's bad luck- he fell to his death from the roof not long before it opened so he wasn't able to see his finished product)

Palazzo della Ragione (Palace of Reason)

Piazza della Scala

Monastero Maggiore:

at the Monastero Maggiore- where the church was separated into two parts (one where the nuns worshiped and the other where the priest conducted the mass and the public could worship)

It's one of the most intact archaeological sites in Milan.

Minded by day by two lovely elderly ladies....

 back streets of Milano

washing, coffee and romance.....