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ferred to the park's pond, and now provides the perfect backdrop for dates
and proposals.
Palazzo d'Arte
West of the pond looms the enormous Rationalist Palace of Art (aka Triennale
di Milano), designed by Giovanni Muzio in 1932-33 to host the burgeoning
Triennale exhibitions. Poke your head through the garden grills for a look at
de Chirico's bizarre sculpture
Fontana dei Bagni Misteriosi
(Fountain of Mys-
terious Baths; 1973).
Torre Branca
Giò Ponti's spindly 1933 steel
tower
( 02 331 41 20; lift €4; Cadorna)
, built in
just two months for a Triennale exhibition, provides a fantastic 108m-high
viewing platform over the park. Operating hours are complex: it's open for
blocks of a few hours at a time, generally between 9.30am or 10.30am and
midnight; check the the website for details. Take the lift up at sunset, or at
night to watch city lights twinkle, and lord it over the crowd below in
Just
Cavalli Café
(
02 31 18 17;
www.justcavallicafe.com
; Parco Sempione;
8pm-2am Mon-
Cadorna)
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Sun;
