IL MONUMENTALE

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If you are in Milano, I would suggest visiting an open-air museum, which is the Monumental Cemetery of Milan.

The main entrance to cemetery
The main entrance to the cemetery

This place is really impressive, especially if you go there on a dark rainy day. However, I had no depressive feelings about, maybe because I’ve been there on a nice sunny day.

Nature and Architecture
Nature and Architecture

There are so many different and beautiful sculptures, so it’s almost impossible sometimes to consider as a cemetery!

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god. William Shakespeare
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.
William Shakespeare
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. Michelangelo
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
Michelangelo

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Necropoli in Cimitero Monumentale
Necropoli in Cimitero Monumentale
Circondante de Ponente
Circondante de Ponente
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot. Salvador Dali
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
Salvador Dali

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The view on Gallerie Inferiori e Superiori di Ponente
The view on Gallerie Inferiori e Superiori di Ponente
Gallerie Inferiori e Superiori di Ponente
Gallerie Inferiori e Superiori di Ponente

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If you are interested to visit, you need to know that they close the gates 30 minutes prior to closing time and Monday is a day off. Opening hours from 8 a.m. till 6 p.m. For me, less than 1 hour was enough, but I’d like to come back.

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