The Noble Milan: Entering the House of The Barons Bagatti Valsecchi

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Our travel today is to Lombardy and we are going to the historical center of Milan to visit an ancient house: the Barons Bagatti Valsecchi Museum.

 The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum is situated in the historical center of the city: the most famous center, I mean the one of Montenapoleone and of the most cool and trendy streets.
  The so-called “noble” floor of the Bagatti Valsecchi mansion, restructured in the 1880s in the Neo-Renaissance style, houses the splendid home of the brothers Fausto and Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchi.

The Lombard Renaissance art and decorative arts collections of the barons Bagatti Valsecchi are displayed in their home as they wished them to be.

In this way, the rich collection of paintings and 15th-16th century objects was melded with the rooms destined to contain it in order to form a fascinating unified ambiance . 

 Paintings by Old Masters, such as Giovanni Bellini or Giampietrino, majolica, Renaissance glass, 15th century furnishings, ivory, objects in precious metals, arms and armor compose the exceptionally rich patrimony of the house museum.

Everything has been haused to embellish the striking rooms created under the careful supervision of the two Bagatti Valsecchi brothers. 

The visit to this beautiful House, that you can't miss while visiting the cities of art in Italy, is even more exciting if you can count on a very special guide; I was so lucky as I had the good fortune to be accompanied by Stella: she is so prepared and so kind, really a nice lady of the house!

Leisure with me: this is my tourism!
 

Arenzano, diving in the blue Ligurian Sea

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Our travel today is to Liguria: let's go to the Bay of Arenzano, as its blue sea is the first welcome to everyone who overlooks the coast from Turchino pass, offering an ideal destination for leisure, sports and relaxation.


 

So today we are so in the land of beaches, of hidden corners in the countryside, of mountains and nature overlooking the sea, we are in a village rich in history and culture, typical shops and elegant boutiques, gourmet food and specialties of italian tradition in a blaze of flowers and colors!

The origins of Arenzano are linked to a Roman settlement in the early centuries after Christ.

After the high Middle Ages, Arenzano constituted a small autonomous community early attracted to the orbit of Genoa. The oldest economic activities that we know about are the navy and shipbuilding since the twelfth century with the construction of the Galee.

Around the middle ages Arenzano was divided into two parts: Arenzano "sottana" and Arenzano "soprana".
  Arenzano "Sottana" was the the lower part, between the sea and the hills.

On the "Sottana" they went up to the "soprana" represented by the area of Terralba.
The town took its name from Terra-Alba (white land) for the presence of deposits of tufa outcrops at a low depth.

Presently Arenzano is a residential center increasingly attracted into the town of Genoa, although the tourist activity continues to be very important, thanks to the abundance of accommodation facilities and also the presence, further other services, of a really pretty harbor!
  

Leisure with me, this is my tourism!