The long rampart walk of the Rocca Sforzesca, adorned with Ghibelline battlements
A view of the surrounding countryside from the top of the Rocca Sforzesca
The castle’s entrance bridge, decorated on either side with red-brick swallowtail battlements, with the ravelin in the background
The castle’s cylindrical tower, flanked by two square towers
The cylindrical tower, situated to the south of the Rocca Sforzesca, is crowned by an old arched ruin
The arch of the entrance bridge that spans the castle moat
The deep moat and the cylindrical tower of the Rocca Sforzesca, seen through the arch of the drawbridge
The former drawbridge for vehicles at the Rocca Sforzesca, replaced by a ravelin in the 19th century
The Sforza Fortress, built of red brick with a quadrilateral plan, erected in 1473
The Naviglio Grande Pallavicino, which flows alongside Via Damiano Chiesa, with the Giovanni XXIII Primary School building on the right
The city moat, crossed by the Naviglio Grande Pallavicino, which runs alongside Via Damiano Chiesa
The four pillars at the end of the Naviglio bridge on Via Giacomo Metteotti
The bridge on Via Giacomo Matteotti that spans the Naviglio Grande Pallavicino
On the left is the Giovanni XXIII Primary School, which overlooks the Naviglio Grande Pallavicino
One of the cylindrical drum towers, a defensive post, situated along the medieval walls of the Bastioni Balestieri
One of the towers of the medieval city walls along the Bastioni Balestrieri
Some intaglio printing presses and the printed works hanging on the walls in Room 5 of the Printmakers’ House
In the centre is a replica of the wooden printing press from 1492, surrounded by works printed by the Soncino family, in Room 7 of the Printing Museum
On the right, the cases containing the movable type, and on the left, an antique printing press, in the Printing Museum
The printing and bookbinding machines in Room 2 of the Printing Museum, established by the Pro Loco in 1988
Lead movable type for letterpress printing in the printers’ workshop
The cast-iron printing press made by the Dell’Orto brothers of Monza, now in the Printing Museum, dating from 1800
Room 1 of the Jewish Printers’ House, dating from the 15th century, situated in Via della Stampa
The columns that divide the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta into three naves
The star-vaulted ceiling of the octagonal dome of the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta, designed by the architect Carlo Maciachini
The chancel and the Baroque altar of the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta
The polychrome interior, in the Neo-Byzantine style, of the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta
The two white marble lions holding columns, situated at the base of a column supporting the 19th-century porch of the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta
The gabled façade of the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta, surmounted by four spires and a large terracotta rose window, in Via Tinelli
The façade of the Palazzo Pretorio, the town hall
The Palazzo Pretorio, dating from the 13th century, and next to it the 41-metre-high civic tower in Via Tinelli
The trefoil single-lancet and double-lancet windows of the Palazzo degli Azzanelli in Via IV Novembre
Via della Valle and, on the right, the ancient gateway to a villa
The inner courtyard of the Rocca Sforzesca, with the south-east tower on the left and the cylindrical tower on the right
The raised walkway surrounding the inner courtyard of the Rocca Sforzesca, with its swallow-tail battlements
Ancient walls of the south-eastern tower with traces of frescoes, where the Sforza coat of arms of the castle can be glimpsed
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Fotografie di Leonardo Bellotti
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