Province of Milan
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Needle, Thread and Knot

Needle, Thread and Knot is a public artwork in two parts by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen in , Milan, Italy. Commissioned by the City of Milan as part of the renovations of the Milan Cadorna railway station, and unveiled in February 2000, the sculpture is a fountain made of stainless steel and reinforced plastic, painted with polyester gelcoat and polyurethane enamel.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
  • Also known as: “Ago, filo e nodo” and “Needle, thread and knot”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Milano Cadorna railway station and Cadorna.

Railway station
Photo: JasonParis, CC BY 2.0.
Milano Cadorna is a commuter railway station located near the Castello Sforzesco in , .

Metro station
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FN is an underground interchange station in , , serving Lines 1 and 2 of the Milan Metro. The Line 1 station was opened on 1 November 1964 as part of the inaugural section of the Metro, between and .

Work of art
Photo: Leonardo da Vinci, Public domain.
is a mural painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1495–1498, housed in the refectory of the Convent of in , Italy. is situated 480 metres west of Needle, Thread and Knot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Outer Milan and Piazza Cordusio.

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Suburban Milan is in the province of Milan.

Quarter
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is a square in central , . The piazza takes its name from the Cors Ducis which was located on the square during Longobard times.

Suburb
, formerly known as Porta Vercellina, was one of the city gates of , . The gate was established in the 9th century, with the Roman walls of the city; it was moved with the medieval and Spanish walls, and was finally demolished in the 19th century.

Needle, Thread and Knot

Latitude
45.46807° or 45° 28′ 5″ north
Longitude
9.1766° or 9° 10′ 36″ east
Open location code
8FQFF59G+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1364451091
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q3606678
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In Other Languages

From Italian to Russian—“Needle, Thread and Knot” goes by many names.
  • Italian: “Ago e Filo (Milano)”
  • Italian: “Ago, filo e nodo”
  • Russian: “Памятник Иголке с ниткой”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include ATM Point and Piazzale Cadorna.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Needle, Thread and Knot”. Photo: Stefano1111, CC BY-SA 3.0.