Curious Milan: Bones, Giants and a Marble Finger

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Casa degli Omenoni

   ~3 min here

   Casa degli Omenoni is a historic palace whose façade carries an extraordinary procession of carved figures.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Chiesa di San Bernardino alle Ossa

   ~15 min here

   San Bernardino alle Ossa is a church whose small ossuary chapel is covered with human skulls and bones.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Torre Velasca

   ~3 min here

   Torre Velasca is the unmistakable mushroom-shaped skyscraper before you, created by the Milanese partnership BBPR.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Chiesa di Santa Maria presso San Satiro

   ~15 min here

   Santa Maria presso San Satiro is a church whose most astonishing feature is an apse that appears deep but is actually painted perspective.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: L.O.V.E.

   ~3 min here

   L.O.V.E. is Maurizio Cattelan’s monumental marble hand, with every finger cut away except the raised middle finger.

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