Italy
September, 1994 & March/April 1998
Milano

Milano - Piazza del Duomo
Piazza del Duomo in late afternoon light -
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in background (Sept. 1994)


Il Duomo
The Cathedral, begun in 1386 (Sept. 1994)


Milano Galleria
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II -
interior view (Sept. 1994)
one of the first shopping malls - (inaugurated 1878)
Carabinieri
Carabinieri at the Galleria



Inside the Galleria
Another view inside the Galleria (Sept. 1994)

Sforza Castle
Castello Sforzesco (April, 1998)
It's difficult to avoid seeing these towers
as you wander around Milano.
Sforza Castle
Castello Sforzesco (April, 1998)
"Rebuilt" (1451-66) on the site of an ancient fortress.

Rondanini Pietà
14th to 18th cen. works are inside the Sforza Castle - including Michelangelo's Rondanini Pietà, on which he was working the week he died.
(April, 1998)
View from Hotel
View from our hotel window - (March, 1998)
The tower belongs to San Nazaro,
a 4th cen. basilica, rebuilt in 12th cen.,
altered in 1578 - much of the original wall remains.

Milano Neigborhood Restaurant
Dinner with friends Carlo and Caterina, Milano natives,
who introduced us to their neighborhood restaurant - (April, 1998)