Chique Secrets Of Milan, Italy: Passion And Scheming At La Scala

La Scala, the most famous opera house in the world, had a very turbulent history, and its origin is connected to a particularly spicy legend.

Archduke Ferdinando, the ruler of Milan at that time and the son of Empress Maria Theresia, was very jealous of his beautiful wife Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este. In order to teach one of her suitors, Sannazzari, a lesson, he lured him to the Milanese theater called Regio Ducal Teatro.

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