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Milan Trade Fair |
The Fiera Campionaria, or Trade Fair,
was built in 1920 to imitate a domestic market in postwar Italy.
Originally it was located in Porta Venezia area and in 1923 it was
moved behind Castello Sforzesco. Some original buildings of Art
Nouveau have survived at the entrance in Via Domodossola. The Fiera
di Milano is a symbol of Milanese Industriousness and spirit of
enterprise.
Milan Trade Fair |
Today, the Fiera di Milano hosts 78 specialist internationla shows
attracting millions of visitors every year. The ancient main entrance
is dominated by a Four Season fountain dating 1927.
The road that connects the beautiful ancient Castello Sforzesco
to Piazza Firenze, near the Fair, is Corso Sempione: It’s
modelled as a grand
Certosa di Garegnano church |
boulevard of Paris and was the first step of a road built by Napoleon
to link Milan with Lake Maggiore, Switzerland and France via the
Simplon pass. The ‘Arco della Pace’, located at the
beginning of the Corso, in Piazza Sempione, is a neo-classical monument
by Luigi Cagnola (1807) to celebrate Napoleon’s victories.
On its upper level are featured the rivers in the Lombardy-Veneto
kingdom: the Po, the Ticino, the Adda and the Tagliamento.
If you are in this area, have a look at the old Church “Certosa
di Garegnano”: This old Carthusian monastery was
founded in 1349 by Giovanni Visconti, and was demolished with the
destruction of the cloisters in the late sixteenth century for the
construction of the Milan-Laghi road. The complex, dedicated to
St. Maria Assunta, is still in the middle of the motorway intersection.
Few traces are left of
Certosa di Garegnano inside |
the ancient building, which are still visible from part of the intersection,
while the monument still retains it's fifteenth and sixteenth century
style. The overturned 'T' building is particular, and is the result
of the construction of two chapels in the centre (dating from the
fifteenth century). There are differing opinions as to who planned
the interesting facade, ranging from Alessi or Pellegrini to Seregni.
There are also many paintings which date from the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries.
Another interesting visit is the one at the Anthropological Museum
(Museo Popoli e Culture): it is based on the everyday and on religious
objects collected by Catholic missionaries during their work in
Far Eastern countries as China, Japan, Birmania, India, Africa,
Oceania.
Meazza Stadium |
If you are a football fan, that’s your area! The well-known
Meazza Stadium is here located…it was named
after the famous italian football player Giuseppe Meazza and is
a temple of Milanese football. It was built in 1926, and renovated
and enlarged in the 1950's for the occasion of the world cup in
1990. The permanent display is entitled 'Inter & Milan; history
and legend' and includes historic and legendary items from the Milan
teams of Inter and Milan as well as a visit to the stadium. There
are flags, pennants, jerseys and historic photographs.
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