Behind the adventure

Sofia, Enzo, Valli, the courier, attendant, mechanical horse, miniature theatre, parcel theft, exhibition boat and community performance are fictional. The little horse is an invented mechanism, not a documented artefact or an extra statue. Its base remains on the stage while its articulated legs perform. Travel between the arch and canal is compressed.

The central chariot on Milan’s Arco della Pace is drawn by six bronze horses. Separate mounted figures stand at the corners, so six is not the monument’s total number of horses. The arch stands at the end of Parco Sempione, behind Castello Sforzesco. The city puzzle combines landmarks in an illustrative composition, rather than a literal street map. City of Milan: Arco della Pace.