To stave off jet lag and stay awake past 12.15pm we went to Musee Duomo yesterday which was a real bonus. It is dedicated to ALL things Duomo and we mean ALL. There was so much “stuff” associated with the Duomo and it’s construction and decoration including a wooden model, statues of every saint you could ever imagine (either models of the existing ones or ones that have been removed and replaced), tapestries, crosses, chalices, candle sticks and on and on. Some of the statues were huge and others “only” one metre high - tiny when compared to the magnitude of the Duomo. Fascinating. We will revisit the Duomo on a walking tour tomorrow. Last time we were in Milano we did not confess to the time we went to bed so the tradition shall continue.
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