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The two irrigation channels through which the spring water flows, and the two gateways in Piazza Trento e Trieste, which depict the old clotheslines where the laundry was hung out to dry after being washed

A section of the historic fountain that runs through the former Piazza Mercato (Trento and Trieste), bordered by glass railings, designed by the architect Domenico Delfini

On the right is the “Le Perle” boutique on Via Italia, and on the left is the Arengario

The Arengario, the ancient Town Hall in Piazza Roma, dating from the 13th century, with the cathedral’s bell tower behind it

The cathedral’s bell tower, 79 metres high, was designed by the architect Ercole Turati and completed in 1606

The wind-facing façade of the Cathedral, dedicated to St John the Baptist, is a buttressed structure with a large rose window at its centre and the porch of the main entrance

Two of the six niches above the pilasters on the façade of the Basilica of St John the Baptist (the Duomo)

A votive cross in Piazza Duomo, supported by two marble columns, situated opposite the Basilica of St John the Baptist and the bell tower

The central nave of the Basilica of St John the Baptist, flanked by large pillars

The high altar of the Cathedral, adorned with a gilded silver altar frontal crafted by the goldsmith Borgino dal Pozzo in 1357

The Chapel of the Holy Rosary (15th century), situated in the right-hand apse of the Basilica of St John the Baptist

The crucifix above the high altar of the Cathedral

The stained-glass windows of the cathedral’s rose window, created by Pompeo Bertini at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries

On the left is the tomb of Blessed Luigi Talamoni, situated in the left-hand aisle of the cathedral

The Chapel of Saint Catherine, situated in the right-hand aisle of the Basilica of Saint John the Baptist

The buttressed façade of the 14th-century church of San Pietro Martire and, on the left, the monument to the Monza-born painter Mosè Bianchi

The Church of Santa Maria al Carrobiolo (1232), situated in the square of the same name, with the Barnabite Fathers’ sandstone convent to the right

The façade of the church of Santa Maria al Carrobiolo, featuring three gable-arched portals and, in the upper course, a Serlian window, designed by Battista Borgonovo

Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in Piazza Citterio, carved from Carrara marble, by the sculptor Luigi Crippa in 1878

The lush vegetation and shrubs of Monza Park, which covers 688 hectares, were designed by the architect Luigi Canonica in 1808

Bronze statue of the Archangel Saint Michael (2004), by the sculptor Benedetto Pietrogrande, and the Oratory of Santa Maria in Piazza San Paolo

Stone monument in Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, with Via Vittorio Emanuele II to the left

The River Lambro as seen from the Ponte dei Leoni (formerly the Ponte d’Arena)

A Carrara marble statue depicting a reclining lion, situated at a corner of the bridge of the same name on Via Vittorio Emanuele, by Antonio Tantardini

One of the four lions, carved from Carrara marble by the sculptor Antonio Tantardini, situated on the Ponte dei Leoni bridge over the River Lambro (1842)

The railway bridge on Via Alessandro Manzoni

The long pedestrian walkway along Viale Brianza, with a magnolia tree on the right

Pink magnolia blossoms on Viale Brianza

A building with a brown façade on Corso Milano

The façade of Villa Durini (formerly owned by the Frette textile company) in Largo Giuseppe Mazzini, now home to La Rinascente, with an eagle at its centre

One of the two three-storey towers of Villa Durini in Largo Giuseppe Mazzini

The circular fountain in Piazza Mazzini, with Palazzo Frette behind it

Via Italia, with the ‘Brian & Barry’ building on the right

One of the two lions at Villa Durini in Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini, designed by the architect Carlo Amati in 1815

The two lions, stone sculptures situated at the foot of the two towers of Palazzo Frette (Villa Durini) in Piazza Mazzini

The sculpture of a lion and a tower at Villa Durini in Piazza Mazzini

On the right is the residential building on Via Italia, dating from 1840

The façade of the church of Santa Maria Maddalena and Santa Teresa, also known as the Church of the Sacramentine, in Via Italia

An old building on Via Italia, now home to the Boggi showroom, and the bell tower of the church of Santa Maria on the street

The gabled brick façade of the church of Santa Maria in Strada on Via Italia, dating from the 14th century.

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