Piazza del Duomo

We flew to Milan, very lucky to have the whole empty rows to ourselves, one for each and we slept pretty well, arriving well rested. We started the day with a VoiceMap highlights tour of Milan and walked around the old center. First, we admired the famous Duomo. Each of us saw it before, but it still doesn’t take away the awe inspired by the grandiose of this majestic marble structure. We had lunch and in the afternoon I went on another VoiceMap tour. It took me a bit further away from the center, and also told me some interesting facts - for example, pointing a sculpture on the Duomo facade that looks exactly like the Statue of Liberty! Or sharing that until now, the Madonna on top of Duomo had to be the tallest point in the city. But when they build modern buildings, they got around this rule by placing the copy of this Madonna on top of every structure taller than the Duomo! Finally, I saw the small chapel in a small church that was all decorated with the human sculls and bones - from the 15th century, when a huge part of the population was wiped out by the Black Death plague. The church was a reminder to the impermanence of life, while also taking care of the extra remains that the city didn’t have any place to bury!Read more