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A short walk on the Navigli
A short walk on theĀ Navigli
The Navigli, the old Milanese canals, are the hotspot for nightlife in the city.
I usually avoid them later in the day in Summer, especially on Saturdays, they lose much of their quaintness to the drove of tourists and partying Milanese. Yesterday, though, I had to wade the crowds to reach my subway station, and that was enough for a couple pics.
Seen from this angle, the canals retain much ofā¦
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The grind of history
Sometimes broken pieces of ancient farms and equipment are left on the ground and used as decoration for public parks and gardens. Columns and two grindstones on via dei Giardini in Sesto San Giovanni These grindstones and columns can now be seen at one end of the public garden on via dei Giardini in Sesto San Giovanni. They are an interesting reminder of the agricoltural past of the town,ā¦
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Graffiti at Porta Ticinese
A walk across the porta ticinese neighborhoodĀ offers a lot of bonuses, amongst them the score of graffiti adorning its walls. A doorway is the perfect canvas for a portrait. On the left a tiny black cat minds its own business Through time the various artists have used the features of the buildings to create their works, incorporating them in the overall scenery. A gray wall gets chipped and theā¦
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Scountrel tram n. 1833
The 1932 comedy Gli uomini che mascalzoni (What scoundrels men are!) with a very young Vittorio De Sica open with a long tram chase. A scene from What scoundrels men are! If you never happened to see it, linked here you can find a few selected scenes from What scoundrels men are! (which is currently in the Public Domain). Itās a light comedy as befitted Italy in an age when Fascism had alreadyā¦
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The fourth day of Christmas
There are dishes that run across italy when it comes to the New Year festivities. One is cotechino. And thereās what I did with leftover cotechino. Cotechino is a traditional large pork sausage. Itās made with the cheapest parts of the animal: mostly rind and head, roughly ground, to which just a little bit of lean and fat meat are added. Itās encased in a bit of gut casing and left to season forā¦
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Cucine economiche for the dispossesed
Cucine economiche for theĀ dispossesed
In 1883 if you were poor in Milan there was a place where you could get a cheap meal or buy cheap bread. It was called Cucine Economiche: cheap kitchens. The Cucine Economiche once sat in the middle of a blue collar area populated by industry workers and by those who could not afford any better In late 1800 in Milan, if you were a blue collar worker you could find yourself in a situation whereā¦
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A tiny garden
More and more forlorn patches of ground, too tiny to be built upon, are being turned into tiny public gardens. This one is located in the equally tiny center of Sesto San Giovanni. Walled tiny garden in Sesto San Giovanni When one carefully plans a city, it is easy to find use for basically any bit of ground. When the the city develops on its own, incorporating and modifying an older grid,ā¦
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A free guidebook to Milan
A free guidebook toĀ Milan
A downloadable free guidebook created by SEA (the Milan airports) and the Milan local adiministration describes 100 places you can visit in the city. Get it today! Click here to download the free guide to Milan In case you are planning a visit to Milano you are likely to already own at least one other guidebook, but you could still download this one and save it to one of your devices for a feewā¦
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Sheltering outside at the station
Sheltering outside at theĀ station
If you happen to be in a medium-sized station hat hasnāt been recently update you mat hapen to spot these outdoor completely enclosed shelter areas on the platforms. Most are closed off by now. Sheltered waiting area at Busto Arsizio station I spotted this yellow one in Busto Arsizio, one of the towns between Milano and the Malpensa airport. It is mostly wooden with glass sides. Some of the glassā¦
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Nanni Svampa, he who sang Milan
Nanni Svampa, he who sangĀ Milan
Nanni Svampa, who died just a couple of nights ago, was one of the most relevant Milan voices, who kept traditional milanese song alive through the 1970ās and 1980ās. āMilano tuaā is a 1966 album by Nanni Svampa Nanni Svampa found his success as one of the four members of comedian-musicians group āI gufiā (the owls), who in theā¦
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Villa Simonetta, a renaissance country villa in the center of Milan
Villa Simonetta, a renaissance country villa in the center ofĀ Milan
While today Villa Simonetta is extremely close to the center of Milan, enclosed between the railway and the XIX century streets grid, in late XV century its location was chosen because it used to be in the countryside. Approaching Villa Simonetta from via Principe Eugenio Villa Simonetta was originally built for Gualtiero BascapĆØ, Ludovico il Moroās chancellor, and later owned by Ferranteā¦
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Carrelli 1928 tram cars
Carrelli 1928 tramĀ cars
While most of the trams crossing Milan belong to much newer generations, a few services still run the old 1928 ācarrelliā cars. These wooden jewels area fascinating way to travel the city and connect to its history. Line 19 still runs the old 1928 Carrelli cars Crossing Milan in style is way simpler and cheaper than what you may expect. Just get yourself a 24-h or 48-h ticket to the Milan transitā¦
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Up until 1992 Milan did have a zoo, smack in the city center. Now the way too tiny cages that hosted the animals are empty and make up part of the āGiardinetti Pubbliciā, the green area in Porta Venezia.
The two hippos didnƬāt have a pool to swim and spent time menacing visitors
The lionās cage was very close to the entrance
When I was a child a trip to the Milan zoo was a rare treat. It was indeed a sad little place where animals survived in tiny cages with very little to do apart from eating and suffering the loud visitors. The hippos had no pool, as far as I can remeber, and one in particular spent the days fruitlessly menacing the visitors with its open mouth. Even so, a trip to the zoo adjacent to the āGiardinetti pubbliciā (now called giardini Indro Montanelli) was a childrenās favorite.
A system of pools, artifical waterways and small waterfalls fed water to the penguins and the bears
The bear cave at the Milan zoo
Some of the cages had concrete boulders that himitated natural habitats
The old seal pool, now cageless
A derelict cage in the former zoo
In 1992 the zoo was closed, some of the animal were very old or ill and had to be supressed, other were transferred to other zoological institutions where they could lead a better life in wider spaces. For a time the former zoo was sealed off, a large chuk of this pretty large urban park that could not be accessed. The cages were then used by homeless people to sleep in. Now the former zoo is again part of the park, it has paths and stalls where you can grab a drink or some food, but some of the cages are still visible, as are some other fixtures of the former Milan zoo.
The Milan zoo Up until 1992 Milan did have a zoo, smack in the city center. Now the way too tiny cages that hosted the animals are empty and make up part of the "Giardinetti Pubblici", the green area in Porta Venezia.
Iāve been dying for something real.
Redefossi Canal
Itās hard to imagine that Milan used to be as full of canals as Venice, except when a waterway suddenly pops up in the most unexpected places. Deep in the heart of one of the most industrialized parts of Milano, the Redefossi canal The Redefossi is part of the ancient Navigli system, that extended far beyond the current. Today, Naviglio Grande and Naviglio Pavese are amongst the Milanā¦
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