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Description of  Building Stones of Milan and Lombardy: Volume 1: Buildings of Milan

Milan has played an important role in the Italian country since the Roman period. This importance is reflected also by the diffusion of stone architecture: a persisting trait of Milan architecture was the use of different stones in the same building. Milan lies in the middle of the alluvial plain of the Po, far from the stone quarries some waterways were dug out in order to supply the building stones from the surrounding territories. Read more