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Fontana di Piazza Castello, Castello Sforzesco , Milan, Lombardy , Italy

Google translation : Before the Castello Sforzesco is a very beautiful fountain. Fontana di Piazza Castello, the fountains are , however, only hourly operating. In the background is the clock tower of the fortress . The Milan also like to mention the fountain wedding cake because it reminds with its bubbling fountains on a cake . The Sforzesco Castle now houses several museums such as the Museo d'Arte Antica, and the Archaeological Museum , the Museo della Preistoria . The collection of sculptures from the Late Antiquity , the Middle Ages and the Renaissance represents the most important collection of works of Lombard The collection shows including the tomb of Bernabo Visconti, from the 14th Century . See also figure there are friezes of medieval Porta Romana, these represent events after the conquest of the city by Frederick Barbarossa in 1162 dar. The ceiling of the Sala decorated with frescoes of the aces was designed by Leonardo da Vinci. Also located on the premises of the famous Pieta Rondanini . It is the last , yet unfinished work of the artist Michelangelo. The collections have also numerous paintings of famous painters and antique weapons collections . Also a valuable collection of historical musical instruments is to be admired. In the basement of the Rocchetta and the Sala Visconti ' are the Prehistoric and the Egyptian Museum. In 2012 it was discovered in the Castello Sforzesco about 100 drawings and paintings from the estate of Simone Peterzano which his famous students are attributed to Caravaggio .
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