Needle, Thread and Knot (Italian artist: Ago, Filo e Nodo) is a in two parts by and in , .
Commissioned by the City of Milan as part of the renovations of the , and unveiled in February 2000, the sculpture is a fountain made of and reinforced plastic, painted with polyester gelcoat and enamel. The "knot" is placed in the middle of a fountain on the middle of the square while the is on the footpath in front of the train station. According to the artists the needle pulling thread through fabric is a metaphor for a train going through a tunnel. The thread wrapped around a needle also "paraphrased" the city emblem of a snake coiled around a sword. According to the City of Milan, it is also meant as a tribute to Milan's influence in the .The three thread colours (red, green, yellow) selected by the artists are meant to reflect the three lines of the at the time.
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