Lombardy, Italy All photos by Hetty
June 2017
We spent our last day in Italy in Milan. First we went to Sforza Castle, which now houses museums and art collections. You can see quite a few of the castle courtyards for free.
The Rochetta Courtyard
Sforza motif
In the park is an Arch of Peace
The Ducal Courtyard has a fresco of an elephant
Brera Art Gallery
You can go inside and see some sculptures for free
Piazza della Scala
Palazzo della Banca Commerciale Italiana
Monument to Leonardo
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II – we will go in the other end later
Chiesa de San Fedele
There are 8 of these great men
Archi di Porta Nuova
Indro Montanelli Public Gardens
Palazzo Dugnani
Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte
In the garden is a lake with turtles
Basilica di San Babila
San Carlo al Corso
Milan Cathedral is spectacular. We spent some time looking around the outside
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Inside the gallery
Monument to King Victor Emmanuel II, outside the cathedral (where they were setting up for an outdoor concert)
The Ambrosiana library was founded in the 11th century, next to la chiesa di San Sepolcro
The ancient Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio
It was a very hot day, but we were doing OK until we saw that the temperature was 36 degrees, and we wilted. Going inside a cool church was ideal.
Santa Maria delle Grazie
The Sforza family were buried here and their motif decorates the ceilings
and that was the end of a wonderful holiday!