An aerial photographic campaign to discover the places of art on the Lombard territory, the monuments and their historical-cultural contexts. An indispensable volume to understand the stratifications of Milan and its region. The history of city forms and monumental complexes of the entire Lombardy region and its capital is traced through a "bird's eye" photographic campaign, with the contributions of archaeologists and historians of art and architecture. From the extraordinary urban and landscape perspectives of Milan, from its past as a capital of the Roman Empire to the most recent transformations, to the Lombard cities and the suburban landscape with the important prehistoric and Roman settlements, the medieval squares and Broletti, the Renaissance buildings, the Baroque and the neoclassical scenes, the Industrial Revolution and the profound housing changes of the twentieth century, the modern popular and bourgeois housing. Historical itineraries in a region rich in a well-preserved and restored architectural heritage. The volume, very interesting from a historical and urban point of view, dispels the myth of a little touristy Lombardy.