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La città delle fabbriche

Plaque in Sesto San Giovanni. Suburb of Milan. In the golden age of industrialization this place was called 'the Manchester of Italy'. Lots of factories, lots of wealth. Plaque stands in front of a villa (Villa Cotechini) that was attached to a factory where artificial ice was made.

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