Escort services and brothels, at least the official ones, are from times gone past in Milan, as in the 50’s a law was passed to close brothels in Italy.
It is a law that has never been reversed, and so prostitution in Italy is still illegal.
To remember the times gone past, an exhibition called Crazy Art is opening on September 20, running until December, that will show the brothel style of the 1950’s, with five rooms and furnishings from the epoch.
The objects come from the historical collection of Antonio Belletti, Goliardia representative, who was charged with the task of collecting beds, sofas and other brothel furnishings when the law came into effect.
The rooms of the Italian brothel that have been reconstructed include the entrance, cash register and tariffes included, the waiting room, a common bedroom, a “pleasure” room, the medical room and the so-called “voyeur” room, where a visitor could observe, without being seen himself, the meetings of the brothel.