Milano, Dock and Navigli

The ancient Dock of Porta Cicca is the timeless symbol of the hard work of man: for many centuries it had been an important commercial harbour which was permanently closed in 1979. Today the Naviglio Grande and the Naviglio Pavese, which links Milan to Pavia, are among the most suggestive places of Milan, with their old and typical "banister houses", the clubs, the trattorias, the painters' workshops being handed down from generation to generation, the hydraulic engineering works such as lift bridges, floodgates and dams, which testimony and carry on a centuries-old experience.