Lombardy

[ Oct.2017 ] Solferino, where we visited from Milan in Italy for one day, is famous for a battle. On 24th of June, 1859, during the war between Austria and the allied forces of Italy…

[ Nov.2015 ] Lake Como has the shape of  upside down “Y”. When you move from north to south, you will find the town of Bellagio at the tip of the land where the lake divides…

[ Jan.2015 ] There is a Royal Villa in Monza in Lombardy, Italy.They have been working for the restoration for a long time, but now a part of it opened to public.We are only allowed…

[ Jan.2015 ] In the site of Royal Villa in Monza, a town in the north Italy, they had an exhibition of De Chirico.He is one of my favourite painters.He was born in Greece in…

[ July, 2014 ] I had an opportunity to attend a wedding in Italy.This was my second experience of the Italian wedding.The first one was held in an old stone church, which was aesthetic, but…

[ June, 2014 ] In the festival at the castle of Trezzo sull’Adda near Milan, there were three cartoonists performing their works.Cartoons seem popular in Italy, too, and many people were surrounding their desk.That reminded…

[ Dec.2013 ] I had a chance to visit one wedding venue in Italy.It is called Villa Orsini Colonna and it’s in Brianza area north of Milan.It used to be a summer palace for a…

[ Aug.2013 ] We had a bit of time to get to the last destination, so we popped in to a town called Clusone in the north Italian mountains.The flat land was very quiet as…

[Aug.2013 ] This is not about the famous painter, Caravaggio.The painter apparently spent some time of his early days here, but the town of Caravaggio had been there before him.The famous thing here is another…