Originally Posted by
KLouis
without going into the merit of the architect's idea, there were palm trees in Piazza Duomo already in the late 1800s. Nothing new here!
Are you sure about that? I have never seen an old foto or a postcard like this. If I remember the old fotos and postcards I have seen correctly there were some in the old zoo. But even this is long time ago. The zoo was located where today is the Westin.