Milan City Tour and Last Supper MI2
Appian Line Milan
Rome
Italy
Tue, 14th October 2008 - Sat, 15th November 2008
Guided bus and walking tour for a panoramic view of the city with two-language speaking tour guide. The 1 hour walking tour includes a visit of The Scala, Duomo and the Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery. This tour includes also a guided visit to "The Last Supper", the world-famous painting of Leonardo da Vinci, located near the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
From the Roman period, only the Basilica of San Lorenzo and sixteen Corinthian columns from a third-century building remain. Inscriptions, sculptures, architectural fragments and mosaics are conserved in the Archaeological Museum. The Middle Ages was a period marked by fervent construction, which shows Milan's important role at the time, along with Rome, Ravenna and Naples. Evidence of that period is seen in the basilicas of Sant' Ambrogio and Sant' Eustorgio and the palace of La Ragione. The paintings of this period are mostly documented in miniatures such as the codicils in Sant' Ambrogio and in the Ambrosian Library.
During the Renaissance, due mostly to the influence of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Francesco Sforza and Ludovico the Moor, the major monuments of the city were built: the Duomo, the Maggiore Hospital, the Sforza Castle, Santa Maria delle Grazie and San Satiro. Bramante and Leonardo were only two of the great artists at work at the time.
In the Baroque period the two most important masters were Fabio Mangone (the Ambrosian Palace and the Senate) and Francesco Maria Richini (San Giuseppe Church, many palaces, the courtyard of the Brera Palace).
The most important paintings were the frescoes of Tiepolo in the Clerici and Archinti palaces and the canvasses of A. Magnasco. During the Neoclassical period, the architecture gave the city its characteristic outline: in this period the Villa Reale of Monza, La Scala Theater and the Belgioioso Palace, all by Giuseppe Piermarini, were built, as well as the Peace Arch by L. Cagnola and the Arena by L. Canonica. In the present period, we are witnessing a complete renovation of the architectural image of the city.
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EXCEPT Mondays @ 9.30am
Guided bus and walking tour for a panoramic view of the city with two-language speaking tour guide. The 1 hour walking tour includes a visit of The Scala, Duomo and the Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery. This tour includes also a guided visit to "The Last Supper", the world-famous painting of Leonardo da Vinci, located near the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
From the Roman period, only the Basilica of San Lorenzo and sixteen Corinthian columns from a third-century building remain. Inscriptions,
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