With Milan just over an hour away from Turin, it was worth a visit. I’ve been before but there were a few great sites that I had not had the chance to see (or hadn’t known about).
First up the church of Santa Maria presso San Satiro.
Looks beautiful inside, like so many others I have been to, correct?
Except that the architect had to be very creative. Owing to the fact that it was built into a space where the buildings around it already existed. So, he created the illusion of a much deeper apse and fools the eye into thinking the church goes back much further than it actually does.
It is in fact just three feet wide.
One of the trendy cars I keep seeing in Turin and Milan is this super cute teal Fiat.
Why go parallel when you can live perpendicular?
Happy to pass by the Duomo and the Galleria Emanuelle Vittorio, and happy not to be stuck in a line up and to be only briefly passing through the crowd.
Just a few blocks away is the far lesser known and somewhat more morbid Santuario di San Bernardino alle Ossa.
Looking like it’s right out of an Issue of Vogue, is the Villa Necchi Campiglio, an art deco 1930s mansion.
Then off to Church of San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore, a stunning church still flying somewhat under the radar (and free admission), considered the Sistine chapel of Milan.
Then a visit to the Pinacoteca di Brera, an art gallery housed in an old palazzo.
Then it was time to head to my favourite brutalist style station – Milan Centrale to get on my train back to Turin.
On a late Friday afternoon, it’s hopping!
