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The current appearance of Piazza Duca d'Aosta is the result of the winning project of the competition announced in 1988 by the
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The first two causes of this anomaly date back to the Beruto master plan of 1889 and 1906. The first did not take into account the orientation of the bastion and Via
Principe Umberto when designing a new square behind the old Central Station. The second mistake was the choice of orienting the new
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After several hypotheses, the city administration favored the creation of a district of offices and luxury homes. Among the most significant buildings are the
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Piazza Duca d'Aosta, located north of the historical center of Milan, was built around 1865 to serve the new Milan
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The choice of a terminal station created some anomalies with respect to the pre-existing urban layout. The central axis of the station building is in fact offset from that of
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