The "<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiostro_della_Ghiacciaia&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Chiostro della Ghiacciaia (page does not exist)">Ice house cloister</a>" of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A0_Statale_di_Milano" class="mw-redirect" title="Università Statale di Milano">Università Statale</a> (State University) building in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Milan" class="mw-redirect" title="Milan">Milan</a>, Italy. At the center stand the remainings of the ancient <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ice_house&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ice house (page does not exist)">Ice house</a>, an underground, round room in which snow and ice were stocked in winter, in order to have cold food and drinks in summer. The cloister itself was half-destroyed by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> bombings (only one side and a half of the old building is still standing). Picture by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>, February 22 2008.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>
Attribution
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>