People cooling off at a water fountain in central Milan. — ©️2023 The New York Times Company
DURING one of the most extreme heat waves Europe has had this summer, executives in suits dashed from cabs into Milan’s air-conditioned offices, while tourists sipped mimosas under clouds of cooling vapour in the Bar at Ralph Lauren.
Lowered blinds behind iron balconies signaled that residents had departed for their vacation homes.
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