Hi,
Saturday we visited the Porta Nuova, where Roman portraits are preserved in the central arch. I stood in a triangle of 'no-man's land' to grab this close-up. This former gate in the medieval wall of Milan has 'some copies of Roman tombstones of the first century' inserted in the pillar. We were looking at mansions where aristrocrats of the 18th and 19th centuries lived, and had lunch in the oldest park.
May God smile on you today,
Elizabeth
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The Via Fatebenefratelli leads to the five-way intersection including the Porta Nuova. After lunch we walked through the Porta Nuova and along the Via Manzoni
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The Giardini Pubblici di Porta Venezia is Milan's oldest park, and these ancient oak trees are feeling the lack of rain. Click here for the official Italian entry board. The house is across the road from the Giardini and features an enclosed garden.
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The feathered and finned residents- the turtle declined to come close for a photo.
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This museum - Museo Poldi Pezzoli - began as a private collection, bequeathed to the city in 1881 by nobleman Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli (1822 - 79) and includes weapons, Persian carpets, watches, and furnishings complementing many paintings by famous artists. This fragment of one carpet is dated around 1500 and is thought to have been a Persian Emperor's gift to a Pope. It was rediscovered in a Papal residence about 1880 and around 1930 this museum was considered the best place to display it.
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The Armour and weaponry did not photograph as well as these elegant bonnets and hat
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This painting is well guarded, and has an extensive description. Sorry my flash reflected badly.
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