So, after the mad rush described in the heading of this gallery, we arrived for our tour and viewing of Da Vinci's mural The Last Supper.

In this view, I am standing in front of the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie (which holds the mural) in the Piazza which bears the same name, and looking north-west straight up the Via Fratelli Ruffini. Don't expect to see this in Google Maps. I usually crosscheck my photos against that to confirm that I'm where I think I am. However as you can see, at the end of the road there is a skyscraper under construction with another off to its right. However as of the time of writing (October 2020*) Google Maps had not visited this spot since 2015 and neither of those towers had been built at that time. Italy is not known for its skyscrapers, and I don't think that's a bad thing. However some cities are beginning to build a few of them. This shot was taken in 2016 by which time one had been built and another was on its way.

The three towers are located in the appropriately named Piazza Tre Torri (square of the three towers), which is about 1.8 km away. The Torre Allianz (Allianz Tower) is a 50-floor, 209-metre (686 ft) building, which is also known as Isozaki Torre (after its architect) or Il Dritto (The Straight One). The Torre Generali (Generali Tower) which was under construction right at the end of the line of sight eventually reached a height of 191.5 m (628 feet) with 44 stories. It is also known as Torre Hadid after its architect or Lo Storto (The Twisted One). The third one, which is not visible in the shot (because I don't think construction had even started at that point) is the Libeskind Tower (named after its architect) which will have 28 floors 175 m (574 feet). Its nickname is Il Curvo (The Curved One). It is apparently destined to become the headquarters of PwC.

If you saw the three buildings, you would understand where they got their nicknames from.

(* And as of March 2023, I still hadn't processed and loaded this photo. That shows how far I'm letting these things drift.)