Asia- Europe - Places Our Sorento Visited Italy ---2012/2013, 2018/2019

 

Italy - 2012

Brecia is a city  in the region of Lombardy in Northern Italy,  situated at the foot of the Alps, close to the lakes Garda and Iseo.

Driving on to the City of Milan, will stop for lunch at Brescia.

Crespi D' Ada A village  located on the river Adda, 50 km from Milan  It is a historic settlement and an outstanding example of the 19th and early 20th-century "company built town/settlement" in Europe by industrialists to meet the workers' needs. The site is still intact, although changing economic and social conditions now threaten its survival.. Since 1995 it has been declared as A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Crespi Castle

Some of the abandoned factories

The settlement which was built in 1878 next to the cotton-mill was a village, a residential area provided with social services such as a clinic, a school building, a theatre, a cemetery, a wash-house and a church. The village of Crespi d'Adda was the first village in Italy to have modern public lighting.      Today the village is inhabited by a community largely descended from the original workers. The factory stopped production only in 2004, its field of activity throughout its working life having been cotton textile production.

Cemetery in Crespi D' Ada  The cemetery of Crespi lays at the end of the main street. The Crespi Tower is the tomb of the Crespi family. The monument rises to embrace the workers' graves. below

Looks like a War cemetery.....its not...

Leaving Crespi d' Ada for Milan

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                                     Milan City

 A City synonymous with fashion . Milan is one of top four famous fashion city in the World.

 The northern most City in Italy. Famed for the The Cathedral of  The Nativity of Mary.
Milan is a shopping paradise...for its trendy fashion clothes.

We decided to take the train to Milan City having parked in the Train station parking lot.

GALLERIA VITTORIO EMANUELE II

High-end shopping in ornate 1800s arcade  Mall housed in a glass-covered 19th-century arcade with luxury clothing brands and upscale dining

                            Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary

better known as Duomo di Milano, is the largest church in Italy and the fourth largest in the world. The Cathedral, which took almost six hundred years to complete, is the most visited tourist attraction in Milan and the most famous symbol of the city and Northern Italy..
The Cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete. It is the largest church in Italy









Piazza di Milano is one of the largest piazza in Italy is surrounded by centuries old building which houses some of oldest shopping centres in the World and the largest Cathedral in Italy.



                    The statue of King Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of Italy.

Views from the Roof of the Cathedral

   The Gold Madonna at the top of the Cathedral

Inside the Cathedral

                                                     The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele I1

The shopping centre here, a four-storey glass arcade,  named after the  first kingof Italy is a major shopping centre in Milan . Shop for luxury Italian brands here. We found food for our lunch after spending the whhole morning touring the Doumo di Milano.

Trendy!! lunch too.....in this upscale Arcade.

Our walkabout around the cathedral

                            Statue of Leonardo Da Vince

                                                 Taking the train back

Leaving Milan for the Swiss Italy border at Como.

                                                          Heading for Lucerne City, Switzerland

Italy 2018

We made another overland  trip into Italy via Switzerland at Resia Pass to head for the Dolomites Mountain in N.East Italy See:  malaysianoverland.blogspot.com

Resia/Rechen Pass 1455m 

Old Resia was submerged under water, when an artificial lake was created in 1950. Today, the new village of Resia is located up on the Pass itself, connecting Austrian Tyrol with Italy's South Tyrol.

Lake Reisen 

The famous half submerged Bell tower is one of the visible remains of Old Resia Village, Resia Lake was created in 1950 

Furkel Pass. 1789m.

 

Located in North East of Longega Town (North of Pederoa) in North East Italy in the Province of South Tyrol

Valparola Pass at 2168 m,

is one of the seven Passes in the Dolomite Mountain Ranges/Alps

is a high Mountain Pass in the Dolomites Alps in the Province of Belluno  in Northern Italy.

Passo Falzarego 2105m    

Located in the Province of Belluno in Italy is one of the most beautiful passes of the Dolomites Alps.

Caprile

Alleghe

 Is surrounded by Mountains notably Mount Civette 3220m and the Village is located in the centre of the Dolomite Alps. Alleghe is bordered by the Lake Alleghe which is formed by a landslide in 1771. Lake Alleghe freezes in winter ...popular with ice skating and ice hockey.

Taibon Agordino Village

                                                        

                                                                Agordo  

  is a town in the Province of Belluno,  It is located about 100 km  north of Venice and about 20 km northwest of Belluno. located in the heart of the Dolomite Mountain. 

                                   

        The St Sabastian Maountain Chain in the background is in the Dolomites Alps.

        In 2009 the Dolomites were declared UNESCO World Heritage Site,  the natural                   monuments that rise between large forests and green pastures, mountains,villages,                 valleys            are just breathtaking, a drive on this route is most rewarding.

The twin tower Abbey Church of Santa Maria Nascente, Alleghe.

         

The sun is setting at Possagno 50km north east of Vicenza. We will put up the night in this little Villag

Will post more on our Overland Italy 2018/19 later.