Highlights for me were the massive Duomo Cathedral, the Sforza fort, Cattelan rude’s L.O.V.E. sculpture outside the stock exchange, the tram ride, the beautiful Chiesa di San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore, and Leonardo Da Vinci’s pièce de résistance The Last Supper.
And we learnt a few things on the way too.
So here we go...
The Last Supper is housed in a dust free building with pneumatic air locks - as we entered one glass-walled room the doors would close behind us and we had to wait for the doors to the next sealed room to open. Very sci-fi. You only get 15 mins in there though.
They fucking hate Dan Brown.
As our guide put it, “Italian rich people enjoy three things - having kids, making wars and eating meat - fucking, fighting and hunting. Music and Art are for everyone else.”
The Duomo Cathedral is massive. Started in 1386, made of largely pink marble, it is one of the biggest in the world. Capacity 40,000 believers and tourists alike.
Well worth a visit.
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