Now, I wasn’t sure about going to Brescia, from Varese, the journey will take 2 hours by road and three and a bit by train, and at the end of it you have a city which one guide book described “as the second biggest city in the region, with a population of 200,000, which is considered the industrial capital of northern Italy”.
But it also added, “that it was founded over 3,200 years ago, was an important regional centre in pre Roman times and has the best preserved Roman public buildings in the north".
So given that I like trains and Roman history, it was an adventure set to happen.
The journey like all such adventures involved changing in Milan from Milano Nord to Milano Centrale and then catching the train to Brescia.
And that is all I shall say about railway stations, despite the groans from all those who like to read about such places.
The plan had been to visit those Roman public buildings but that never quite happened.
Instead we came across some interesting little side streets, and saw the Pallata Tower from a distance.
Most people seem to refer to it just as the Pallata.
It rises 32 metres into the sky, was built in the 13th century, and was part of the medieval walls.
Along the way we stumbled over other equally interesting bits of the old town, but never got round to asking what they were.
Still that is how it is, when you pretend you are not a tourist.
Leaving me only to add that "Brescia has three railway stations.
The main station Stazione di Brescia, which opened in 1854, is located on the Milan-Venice railway and is the starting point for the rail lines Brescia-Iseo-Edolo, Brescia-Cremona, Brescia-Parma and Brescia-Lecco.
The station has 11 platforms and is used by about 20 million passengers per year.
Other railway stations are Borgo San Giovanni and Brescia Scalo, with no passenger service and used as a freight station.
From Brescia, high speed trains connect to Milan, Rome, Naples, Turin, Bologna, Florence and Venice; one can reach Milan in 35 min, Venice in 1 hour and 35 minutes, Florence in 2 hours and 15 minutes and Rome in 3 hours and 35 minutes.
In addition there are international day trains to Zurich, and overnight sleeper services to Paris and Dijon, Munich and Vienna."
Just in case I am accused of giving short shrift to all the railway enthusiast’s who read the blog.
Location; Brescia
Pictures; Brescia, 2018, from the collection of Balzano
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| Down a narrow street looking for ruins, 2018 |
So given that I like trains and Roman history, it was an adventure set to happen.
The journey like all such adventures involved changing in Milan from Milano Nord to Milano Centrale and then catching the train to Brescia.
And that is all I shall say about railway stations, despite the groans from all those who like to read about such places.
The plan had been to visit those Roman public buildings but that never quite happened.
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| The Pallata seen from a distance, 2018 |
Most people seem to refer to it just as the Pallata.
It rises 32 metres into the sky, was built in the 13th century, and was part of the medieval walls.
Along the way we stumbled over other equally interesting bits of the old town, but never got round to asking what they were.
Still that is how it is, when you pretend you are not a tourist.
Leaving me only to add that "Brescia has three railway stations.
The main station Stazione di Brescia, which opened in 1854, is located on the Milan-Venice railway and is the starting point for the rail lines Brescia-Iseo-Edolo, Brescia-Cremona, Brescia-Parma and Brescia-Lecco.
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| Wet streets and interesting buildings, 2018 |
Other railway stations are Borgo San Giovanni and Brescia Scalo, with no passenger service and used as a freight station.
From Brescia, high speed trains connect to Milan, Rome, Naples, Turin, Bologna, Florence and Venice; one can reach Milan in 35 min, Venice in 1 hour and 35 minutes, Florence in 2 hours and 15 minutes and Rome in 3 hours and 35 minutes.
In addition there are international day trains to Zurich, and overnight sleeper services to Paris and Dijon, Munich and Vienna."
Just in case I am accused of giving short shrift to all the railway enthusiast’s who read the blog.
Location; Brescia
Pictures; Brescia, 2018, from the collection of Balzano
Wow such great photos!
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