I took these photos last weekend but never got around to posting them. I love this monument, although I've never been to the top of it because I can't figure out when the stairs are open. I think it's cool that the chariot originally faced France -- the whole thing was Napoleon's idea -- but now faces the center of town.
This is one of the sculpted scenes on the interior of the arch. If you look really closely you can see the wire that's been stretched over it to keep birds off. Milanese monuments have to deal with copious amounts of pollution, so it's only fair they be protected from bird excrement.
I took these photos last weekend but never got around to posting them. I love this monument, although I've never been to the top of it because I can't figure out when the stairs are open. I think it's cool that the chariot originally faced France -- the whole thing was Napoleon's idea -- but now faces the center of town.
This is one of the sculpted scenes on the interior of the arch. If you look really closely you can see the wire that's been stretched over it to keep birds off. Milanese monuments have to deal with copious amounts of pollution, so it's only fair they be protected from bird excrement.
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There is so much beauty around you.
I think I would start wearing a beret, and carry around an easel, paper and pencils everywhere. Not that I have any skills AT ALL. I just think I would want to start creating something beautiful. Then after ten minutes I would realize that I have no talent, and just wear the beret.
Don't you think the pollution makes the pink sunsets all the more romantic?
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