Cafe Martini

Milan at Night

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March 17th 2007
I left the Pinoteca Brera around 18:45 and it was just getting dark. Hopefully you'll enjoy these pictures I took on the way home and at dinner. I ate outside and I had a spectacular view of the Duomo all lit up. Also, you'll see pictures of the drummers... there was a large commemoration event surrounding an historic battle (italians v austrians is what someone told me) in Piazza Mercanti. ... 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