Milan is a city full of curiosities and the Arch of Peace has its own story to tell. Placed in the centre of the open space just behind the Sempione Park, the Arch of Peace looks directly Paris creating a line from the Ville Lumière and the centre of Milan.
The construction of the Arch was strongly supported by the City Council of Milan and by Napoleon more than two centuries ago and, along its history, it passed through many vicissitudes between French and Austrians.
We know, Nations can be like kids and they like to tease each other. That’s why the horses at the top of the Arch of Peace, that originally faced France, were turned by the Austrians in order to show their backsides to our cousins.
The curiosity for that horses, backsides shown to France and proudly staring the City centre of Milan, raised that day that I passed in front of them looking for photos together with my beloved camera.
This is not the only curiosity of Milan that I discovered that day and that will horrify our friends from Paris, Corso Sempione. This avenue that starts from the Arch of Peace has an overall length bigger than the one of the Champs Elysées of Paris. Did you know it?
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