Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Worth a Trip
Northeast of the centre is
Hangar Bicocca
( 02 853 531 764;
www.hangarbicocca.it
; Via
Chiese 2; 11am-7pm Tue, Wed & Fri-Sun, 2.30-10pm Thu; Sesto Marelli)
in a former Pirelli in-
dustrial site. Its temporary shows are worth a look, but the big attraction is a perman-
ent installation by Anselm Kiefer. The seven concrete-and-lead towers of
The Seven
Heavenly Palaces
are a teetering 15m tall and invoke the the abject destruction of
postwar Europe.
Best Frescoes
Il Cenacolo
Not strictly a fresco at all, Leonardo da Vinci's
Last Supper
breaks all
the rules. (
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)
Chiesa di San Maurizio
Seventy years in the making, San Maurizio's floor-to-ceil-
ing frescoes still dazzle onlookers. (
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)
Portinari Chapel
Vincenzo Foppa was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance in
Lombardy, and these are his finest works. (
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)
Best Period Collections
Musei d'Arte Antica
The Castle's stellar collection of Ancient Art includes
Michelangelo's moving
Rondanini PietÃ
. (
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)
Pinacoteca di Brera
A staggering roll call of masters from Titian and Tintoretto to
Caravaggio and Bellini. (
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)
Museo Poldi-Pezzoli
Renaissance treasures displayed in equally artful historic-
ally styled rooms. (
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)
Museo Bagatti Valsecchi
The Bagatti Valsecchi palazzo is a living museum to
the Quattrocento. (
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)
