Modern Milan: Porta Nuova and Platform 21

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano

   ~3 min here

   Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano is a public urban park whose planting turns the idea of a library into a landscape.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Piazza Gae Aulenti

   ~3 min here

   Piazza Gae Aulenti is a raised, circular pedestrian square, designed by César Pelli as a striking companion to the towers around it.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Cimitero Monumentale

   ~3 min here

   Cimitero Monumentale is a cemetery celebrated for its wealth of artistic tombs and memorials.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Memoriale della Shoah

   ~1 hr here

   The Memoriale della Shoah is a Holocaust memorial beneath Milano Centrale, built around the concealed loading area known as Platform 21.

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