Stilicho’s sarcophagus, Sant’Ambrogio (detail)
probably the only part of the original paleochristian basilica still in place
Archives for category: Milan
Cacofonico, un po’ scontato, non molto originale,
anyway, interesting n-p colors in a not too cold winter night
Catalpa bignonioides ‘Walt’- albero dei sigari
Pare piacesse molto al Manzoni
Web: Giardini Guastalla
Map: Google
See more paintings (almost all, in full color) in the GAM website. This is just a B&W image from a photograph I took last summer…
La Stazione Centrale (di Milano), oil on canvas, 1887, 58×100. See in full color from official web.
Milano, Cimitero Monumentale
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
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
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).
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
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