Piazza Mercanti w the duomo

Piazza Mercanti and Castello Sforzesco

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March 14th 2007
Piazza Mercanti is just beyond the duomo and on the way to the Castle and just about anywhere else you want to go in central Milan. It's also traffic-free, which gave me more time to stop and appreciate the architecture. The arches are magnificent. I first stumbled upon this castle after an afternoon-turned-evening 😊 of shopping and exploring in the city. It was lit up gloriously (fount ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more