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Visiting Milan’s Sforza Castle and Roman basilica
Milan might be Italy’s most prosperous and modern city but it boasts several impressive historical sights. This includes the massive Duomo cathedral, Sforza Castle or Castello Sforzesco, and the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio, a 1,600-year-old Roman church. Sforza Castle is a handsome brownish-red castle that was built in the 15th century by the Duke of Milan […]
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Kyoto’s Nijo castle
Kyoto is a city full of historic temples, but it also has several imperial and shogunate castles right in the middle of town. The most well-known one is Nijo Castle, which served as the shogun’s residence after it was built in 1603, and then became an imperial castle after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate […]
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