Fountain (Via dei Giardini side)
Monument to Sandro Pertini by Aldo Rossi, 1990
Via Croce Rossa
Milan, November 2016
“Completed in 1990, Piazza Croce Rossa was designed by the architect Aldo Rossi to evoke a typically ‘quiet little Lombard piazza’ facing out over Via Manzoni. At the centre stands a monument erected in memory of the former Italian President Sandro Pertini. It takes the form of a hollow cube, 8 metres on each edge, with one side punctuated by a triangular fountain and a slit-like opening, which can be reached from the inside via a staircase. The monument is clad in alternating blocks of grey and pink stone, including the same Candoglia marble used on the facade of Milan Cathedral.” (Monument to Sandro Pertini, From House to House)
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