Our next destination was right next to the Chiesa  di San Maurizio, the Civico Museo Archeologico di Milano, or the Archaeological Museum of Milan, found at Corso Magenta, #15. The museum is housed in what used to be the convent of the Monastero Maggiore.  Admission is €5.00 per person, and it is open Tuesday through…

A modern piece of art, shown in the photo above, honors all those who have lost their lives for their country (Italy) in war, and also in peacetime.  Walking along the sidewalk, right before one gets to the entrance of the Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio, to the right, at the edge of the parking lot, there…

As we explored the two cloisters of the Catholic University, we came upon a plaque dedicated to Aristide Calderini, the Italian archaeologist and academic.  His family moved to Milan from southern Italy, when he was six years old, and from that day on, he became intrigued by the city, as he grew to love it. …

We woke the next morning, to find the backyard filled with neighbors, preparing for an Easter Egg Hunt.  It was such a delight to watch the children searching for the eggs, amid the greenery just outside our windows. After watching the Easter Egg Hunt for a while, we headed outdoors ourselves, to explore more of…

Around the corner, on Via Circo, # 4, there was the Liceo Classico Statale “Tito Livio.”  A plaque on a nearby facade marks the house where Attilio de Marchi, the Italian historian, writer, and philologist, lived and died. A small section of the ruins of the ancient Roman Circus of Milan, from the period when…