Especially the pawnshop. Images of Italy XXI

The book is a journey through Milan, Pavia, Breshia, Como, Cremon and other places of pawnshop, which only the chosen ones can afford. Such Italy is a rare, expensive, almost inaccessible gift. Arkady Ippolitov, a writer, a scientist-art, a traveler, a traveler, leading a reader to the most brilliant of all possible excursions, not only tells what to see, but also opens as to see. Castles, cathedrals, palaces, paintings, streets, squares, statues and restaurants come to life, become familiar, interesting, breathing in details and gaining the facial expressions of Leonardo, Archimboldo, Napoleon ... Cartesians and chartrez, goose sausage and “stupid beef”, Milan fortunetellers and grimacing mascarons ... The first desire of the reader - armed with a book, urgently fly to Italy and see it with new eyes