Milan
The Lombard capital has an artistic heritage of great importance. The Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio is the greatest example of Lombard Romanesque architecture and one of the oldest monuments of Christian art. The Certosa di Garegnano preserves frescoes by Simone Peterzano, the master of Caravaggio. Villa Arconati, or the Castellazzo, is one of the historic buildings of the Groane Park and preserves numerous frescoed rooms. The frescoes in the ballroom are particularly interesting: the Chariot of the Sun, the Fall of Phaeton, the Allegory of Time. These paintings of mythological scenes, framed by trompe l'oeil architecture, are the result of the work of the Galliari brothers.
