monumentale

Pavia: visit the Cathedral

davidepa — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:21:14 +0000

The dome of the Duomo di Pavia is the third (or maybe the fourth) for size in Italy, after St. Peter’s Basilica, the Pantheon, and Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. It is now possible to visit the Cathedral until January 8th 2012: it was closed after the fall of the Civic Tower in 1989.

See the Diocesi site for more information about opening days and hours, and Trenitalia or Trenord site for train timetable.

Lainate and the Villa

davidepa — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:49:24 +0000

Villa Litta in Lainate is now closed, but you can visit the public park or garden, and the Nettuno fountain. The Ninfeo or Water Palace will open next year late Spring, Be patient.

Giuseppe Mengoni

davidepa — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:31:03 +0000

In the West Circuit (31-33), you can find the Memorial of Giuseppe Mengoni; the unlucky architect of the Vittorio Emanuele Gallery died when he fell down from the scaffolding the opening’s eve, at the end of 1877. The author of the memorial is Francesco Barzaghi (1839 – 1892), teacher at the Brera Academy and author of several statues and monuments around the city: Francesco Hayez near Brera and Napoleone III at Sempione Park, just to mention a couple of them.

Near the architect’s you can see the statue of his daughter, who died in 1880, just three years old.

Ernesto Bazzaro

davidepa — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:55:22 +0000

The tomb of Ernesto Bazzaro is situated near the Crematorium in West Cinerary Gardens; his bronze Self-portrait is set upon a simple stele bearing this epitaph:

Here Ernesto Bazzaro ashes – once flame of genius, eternal glory of Lombardic sculpture – are collected.

Bazzaro is represented in many sculptural works at the Cemetery, as we can see for example in the Alfredo Lombardi memorial,

Exhaustion – 1894 – Section XVIII

Isabella Casati memorial – sculptor Enrico Butti, 1890

davidepa — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:34:52 +0000

Enrico Butti (1847-1932) has taken his inspiration from a work of L. Bartolini in Santa Croce, Florence. Isabella Airoldi died very young in 1889 he was only 24 years old. You can see her here in the cemetery, still sleeping and dreaming of death. Angels come to the Earth from the sky and take her to paradise.

Who’s this girl ?

davidepa — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:54:28 +0000

Nice face, blue eye… where can you see her ?

Cimitero Monumentale di Milano

davidepa — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:42:35 +0000

Opening Hours (Monday Closed):

Tuesday to Sunday

8.00AM to 6.00PM

Access allowed until 30 minutes to closing time

1st January

Easter

Easter Monday

1st May

2nd June

15th August

8th, 25th and 26th December

From 8.00AM to 1.00PM

Brera Art Gallery: Next Free Entrance Tuesday, November 29th

davidepa — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:31:03 +0000

Tuesday, November 29th, from 19:30 PM to 23:00 PM free admission to Brera Art Gallery (and Cenacolo Vinciano, but this one apparently sold out).

Museo Diocesano

davidepa — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:48:14 +0000

A little jewel, in my opinion

I advise you to visit it on tuesday…

Meanwhile, take a look at website…

And, while you’re there, don’t miss S. Eustorgio and the Portinari Chapel.

Hello world!

davidepa — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:32:16 +0000

Some ideas about what to see and where to go while you are in Milan, want to see something interesting and don’t want to spend too much money. Ready to go ?

Let’s start with the Castle

Sala delle Asse: any trace of Leonardo here?

Free Entry on Friday (2:00PM to 5:00PM)

…and, maybe, each day after Half Past Four