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 Travel in Lombardia
Milan Duomo rooftop - Photo (c) James Lawson
Lombardia, the richest, most
highly developed and most densely populated region of Italy.
And it is precisely
for this that it is one of most surprising and unexpected for the tourist who
arrives there knowing little of its historic, architectural, artistic and
natural heritage.
Let us take
Milan, the great city of industry and commerce.
Here everything that is modern and advanced finds its home: from technological
innovation to fashion, from advertising to design, from ways of life to
political "experiments".
Milan sets the trend. Yet, beneath its thick aspect of
a dynamic and modern metropolis projected towards the future, Milan conceals
extraordinary architectural and artistic treasures.
There is only the
embarrassment of choice: the Duomo, the
Castello Sforzesco, the
La Scala theatre and the Brera picture gallery. And in the rest of
Lombardy there are many splendid natural landscapes (the lakes, the
Stelvio
national park), and monuments and works of art of considerable value. At
Monza, Varese,
Como,
Bergamo,
Brescia, Lodi,
Cremona, and
Pavia,
every era has made its cultural and artistic mark: in the urban structures, in
the churches, in the civic buildings.
From the Romanesque to the Gothic, from
the Renaissance to the Baroque, up to the most daring and innovative
architectural and artistic solutions of the modern and contemporary eras:
Lombardy boasts an impressive cultural and artistic heritage. And many people
have yet to discover all this.
By
ENIT Official Website
Milan Duomo at night - Photo (c)
Flor3
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