Italian Postcard 2025 - Milan

Milan is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy...
Home to the national stock exchange, it’s a financial hub also known for its high-end restaurants and shops. The Gothic Duomo di Milano cathedral and the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent, housing Leonardo da Vinci’s mural “The Last Supper,” testify to centuries of art and culture.
The destiny of Milan, like that of many of the world’s great cities, remains something of a historical paradox. There are powerful factors supporting the argument that Milan should have become the capital of a unified Italy, and this is the belief of many Milanese, in spite of the fact that the unity of Italy was actually born in Turin, rather than in Milan, in 1870. Milan, nevertheless, is the most industrious and vital city to have achieved prominence since the ancient land of Italy became aware of itself as a modern nation-state.
The Bosco Verticale is a unique example of the use of greenery in height and proportion. The "living facade" of the building, incorporating numerous trees and over 90 species of plants, serves as an active interface with the surrounding environment.

The song "Alley" is from Suzanne Vega:
"Alley is about transcending life’s difficulties and seeking sanctuary somewhere."

"One day you'll find me
Ascending the alleys
Of the city that raised me
Tending toward the sun
All gravity undone
And I'm free

One day you'll see me
Floating through the air
Rising like a prayer
On its journey, so easily
Finally unpinned
Like a feather in the wind
And I'm free

I will be high above city rooms
I'll fly into the sky
My hair all covered in blooms

One day you'll know me
Shimmering above
Like Marc Chagall in love
I'll be moving, be sailing around
Unchained and unbound
Be a mile off the ground
And I'm free."


Thanks to Emmanuel (M@nu-Factory_PLW) for introducing it to me in one of his wonderful compilation.

Again it is filmed on an old Iphone 14 Pro and edited on Imovie. Nothing fancy. :-)

#milan #italy #vlog

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