The Duomo is a 10-minute walk, the svelte shops of Via Montenapoleone 15, and the Brera Museum, 20 (if you walk briskly).

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Peering through his telescope on the roof of the Palazzo di Brera, in Milan, Schiaparelli had seen what looked like oceans, continents, and water channels swim into view.

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