We walked up over 700 steps today to get to the roof of the Duomo. Absolutely worth it!
This morning we had a lecture about the futurists and then we went to the Duomo area and did some light shopping! We got some coffee and found a shop called the Flying Tiger (which i’m pretty sure is a globally known store. Its kind of like target. Everyone loved it but I didn’t buy anything because its not really an Italian store). Then we climbed to the top of the duomo and it gave me flash backs to climbing to the top of the Eiffel tower years ago. We got to the top, everyone totally drenched in sweat, and it was spectacular! You could see the whole city from up there and the detail in the building was absolutely jaw dropping. We even had a class lecture up on the roof. Out front of the duomo the pigeons have taken over. They will just fly all around you and one even landed on my head today and scared me so bad.
Learning about the Futurists and Piero Portaluppi has been so inspiring and really showed me a lot about the foundations and history of Milan. It has been especially fun to be able to recognize and and discuss the things around the city that I have learned about in the past in Dr. Penicks class like art nouveau and cubism and how these movements influenced Italian architecture and culture.
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