Milano - Centro Storico/Duomo/Missori Walking Tour - (4K/30)

The oldest district in Milan. it is located in the historic center southwest of the Duomo, near Piazza degli Affari. In Via Santa Maria Podone, there is the famous plaque, with the inscription in the Milanese language:

"In sto canton vecc del nost Milan
l’è vivuu e l’è mort
Gaitan Crespi
poetta e studios de la lengua Meneghina
ambrosianon de coeur e de carater
1852 1892"
"In this old district of our Milan
lived and died
Gaetano Crespi
Ambrosian of heart and character"

L.O.V.E., commonly known as Il Dito, is a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan consisting of a hand with all the fingers severed with the exception of the middle finger. The sculpture is located in Piazza degli Affari in (Milan), where the Italian stock exchange is located. The name L.O.V.E. is the acronym of "Libertà, Odio, Vendetta, Eternità" ("Freedom, Hatred, Revenge, Eternity"). The sculpture, built in 2010, was originally exhibited on the occasion of Cattelan's retrospective at The Royal Palace of Milan.[1] After the exhibition closed, the city Councillor for Culture Massimiliano Finazzer Flory proposed the piece to be permanent. The business community objected to the idea but after long deliberations, facilitated by Cattelan's decision to donate the sculpture, L.O.V.E. was eventually given permanent status.
Maurizio Cattelan never disclosed the exact meaning of the sculpture. The two most accepted explanations are that it represents both a critique of the Fascist salute and that it is designed as a protest against financial institutions after the financial crisis of 2007–2008. Indeed, the stockexchange building, Palazzo Mezzanotte, was built during fascism by architect Paolo Mezzanotte and completed in 1932.

Milano
Centro Storico - Cordusio - Piazza affari - Via Torino - Piazza Duomo - Piazza Fontana - Piazza Missori
Walking Tour

Camera: DJI Osmo Pocket
resolution 4K/30 fps
recording data: 22 ott 2023
meteo: slightly cloudy