Legends, dark stories and terrifying unsolved mysteries from Italy's financial capital
Mysteries of Milan. International capital of fashion and design, Milan's charm is exerted above all by the dynamism and commercial and cultural activities that support the city.
But don't be fooled by appearances, because behind the annual exhibitions, fairs and great festivals there are ancient legends, dark stories and terrible unsolved mysteries.
Are you ready to discover them with us?
San Bernardino Bones
Beautiful and disturbing is the vision of Church of San Bernardino alle Ossa, a parish located in Santo Stefano square, with walls decorated with skulls, which sits on the ruins of an old cemetery. A frightening legend dominates the building: it is said that on November 2nd of each year, a girl's bones come back to life.
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What is hidden under Milan's Duomo?
The biggest enigma of the city of Milan is what hides beneath the visible. Many believe that some of the underground areas of the Lombard capital, mainly under the Cathedral, have never been explored and that, in particular, there is an environment linked to the Celts.
The ghost of Bernardina Visconti
There are ghosts in Milan? According to the inhabitants of New door, Yes. It is just below the neighborhood's arcades that the sad and lonely soul of Bernardina Visconti wanders, imprisoned by her father for having rebelled against the marriage he imposed, in a tower in the neighborhood.
O serial killer from Milan
Maybe someone forgot, but it's very close to the Via Torino, in a small alley named after Stretta Bagnera, which occurred the murders of the first serial killer known in Europe, Antonio Boggia.
Carlina, the ghost of the Duomo
Until the Milan Duomo It has its ghost, but it is a harmless spirit and for some it is even cool. His name is carlin, a woman who fell from the roof of the Cathedral whose body was never found. Legend has it that she loves to appear in the photos that the bride and groom take behind the Cathedral.
Strange representation of Mary and the child
A Portinari Chapel, located in the splendid church of Sant'Eustorgio, is one of the most important testimonies of the Lombard Renaissance. However, there is something disturbing about the representation of Madonna with the child, in which both protagonists have horns. A demonic message? No, everything is explained in the title of the work itself: “Saint Peter defeated the devil with the host that took the image of Our Lady with the Child on the altar”.
Enchanted perfume in Parco Sempione
If you walk along the boulevards of Parco Sempione Do you feel safe having escaped the ghosts that inhabit the Castello Sforzesco, maybe it's because you don't know the story of the Veiled Lady. Legend has it that, with her perfume, she can enchant men and set them on a life of unfinished research for the perfect woman.
Devil's Column
One of Milan's most emblematic mysteries concerns the monument located outside the Church of Sant'Ambrogio. Legend has it that the two holes in the column were created by the devil's horns during the fight against the Saint and that from these holes comes the smell of sulfur that comes straight from hell.
The ghost of Scala
Our journey through the mysteries of Milan could only end with the never-solved enigma of the ghost in the stairs. There really is the ghost of Maria Callas in the city's most prestigious theater, the Scala? Many swear so.
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