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Piazza del Duomo
The grandest square in the city, the Piazza del Duomo is the cultural and social heart of Milan, and contains several of its most famous sights. Of course, the majestic cathedral and classy Galleria are there, but there also is the Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace), a fine 18th century building which is currently an art exhibition centre, and several big, austere, old buildings.…
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The street, with its huge lights, enormous statue of King Victor, huge buildings, and dark floor does at first sight seem quite overwhelming and overly majestic, but with its lovely cafes, top-quality restaurants and shops, constant flow of pigeons, and the presence of people make it an extremely appealing and interesting place. Since lots of the main streets and sights are or are routed from this place, you can't really miss it.
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Via Dante
One of the grandest and most frequented fashionable high streets in Milan. The Via Dante, named after the poet, is a beautiful and debonair pedestrian avenue which goes from the busy Piazzale Cordusio, all the way to the Largo Cairoli, just in front of the city castle.…
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With loads of street vendors, restaurant and cafe tables, and often, street art, glamorous boutiques and often bustling with people, it's great for anyone who wants to get to the Sforzesco Castle, but who also wants to do some high-class shopping, observe at some glorious Milanese palaces, and possibly sip at a coffee in one of the many open-air bars. It also contains the Piccolo Teatro, a renowned local theatre. At times, especially Christmas and some of the holidays, it can be chokingly filled with locals, shoppers and tourists.
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Duomo
官方网站The Milan's cathedral is a massive late Gothic church (started in 1386) in white marble, with hundreds of spires and thousands of statues on its exterior and a famous façade. Don't miss the chance to climb up onto the roof and enjoy the spectacular views of the city between the Gothic spires.…
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Taking pictures inside the cathedral is supposedly prohibited; however, the attendants rarely stop anyone doing so. Unless you are physically unfit, it is best recommended to take the stairs (250 steps only) and save €5. On an average, it should not take more than 5–6 minutes to climb the stairs. Does also include a museum displaying the 700 year old history of construction of the cathedral, with impressive walk-in wooden models, façade designs originating from several centuries, sculptures and more.
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Giardini pubblici
An old 18th century park complex in the Montenapoleone/Porta Venezia district, designed in an English Romantic garden style. Inside, you can find rockeries, water features, fountains, statues and monuments, and other interesting features.…
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You also get a planetarium, a natural history museum, and on the other side of the Palestro street, you can also find an opulent Royal villa which today hosts a contemporary art collection within grand ornate halls. Reachable via P.ta Venezia, Turati or Palestro metro stations. The gardens are in an excellent position since they're quite near to the Duomo and Brera district, and extremely close to the Montenapoleone street and the glamorous shopping area around it.
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Piazza San Babila
Busy and modern square just north of the cathedral and near the city's fashion district. Architecturally, Piazza San Babila's buildings are virtually all Art-Deco office blocks from the 1930s, but it has a trendy business and cosmopolitan feel to it, and despite being very modern, boasts a very old sight, San Babila, a…
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tiny, pretty, Romanesque church standing shadowed away by the huge modern skyscrapers. Piazza San Babila also contains numerous banks, post offices, fast-food restaurants and today also a touch of some funky designer stores too. Convenience wise, it's a great place to go, because it connects the Montenapoleone shopping area, with the more central Duomo zone.
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Piazza dei Mercanti
A truly enchanting and tiny medieval square, hidden by the grand palaces in the central part of Milan. Here, in "Merchants' Square" you get lovely Gothic and Renaissance-porticoed houses, and a well right in the middle. At the one side of the square there is the Palazzo della Ragione (1233), the old town hall, aka Broletto Nuovo.…
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At the other -- Loggia degli Osii (1321) decorated with black and white marble, formerly hosted judicial and notary offices. At Christmas time, the square fills up with markets selling local produce, including mouth-watering panettone, sweets, bonbons and souvenirs.
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Corso di Porta Venezia
Considered one of the finest and most beautiful streets in the city. Right near the glitzy Montenapoleone area, it is flanked by a series of beautiful villas, museums and palazzi, from all eras. It also contains parts of the Giardini Pubblici, an old and leafy garden and park.…
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On addition to being an aristocratic-aired place, today, several elegant boutiques have opened up here, so it's great for both sight-seeing and designer shopping. Best station to reach it is that of Palestro right in the middle, but San Babila and P.ta Venezia are within decent walking distance.
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Sempione Park
A big space of green land right behind the Sforzesco castle, and one of the most famous and popular in the city. Designed in like a neoclassical landscape garden, there are loads of features - such as a lake, the aforementioned arch of peace, a Roman-style sports' amphitheatre, a tower (which today hosts the Just Cavalli Hollywood), and several interesting features.…
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It's a lovely leafy place to enjoy a walk at any time of the year. Reachable via Cairoli, Lanza, Cadorna or Moscova metro stations depending on what side of the park one refers to.
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Piazza Duca d'Aosta
A very big, relatively modern and busy square in the north-east of Milan, famous for hosting the city's majestic central station, and the Pirelli skyscraper. The Piazza is generally bustling with people, and is at the heart of Milan's economic and business district.…
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It is where you'll end up if you need to go to the central station, but it is also a good place to go because it boasts some excellent examples of post-Second World War modern architecture, such as the Pirelli building, and some elegant hotels, such as the Hotel Excelsior Gallia.
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Corso Buenos Aires
One of the longest shopping streets in Italy and Europe. It is a large avenue, who, at first, is quite old, but the buildings gradually become newer further along. Today, it contains loads, loads and loads of shops, such as Swarovsky, H&M, Milano House of Cashmere, Calzedonia, Outlet, United Colors of Benetton, Adidas, Nike, Calvin Klein, Zara, Luisa Spagnoli, and a good number more.…
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Since the Corso Buenos Aires is so long, you have the P.ta Venezia and Loreto stations at either side, and the Lima one more or less in the middle.
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Corso Magenta
An elegant and aristocratic street in the north-western part of Milan. It contains sophisticated cafes and shops, and also some fine, mainly Baroque, palaces, notably the Palazzo Litta, one of the best examples of 18th century Milanese architecture, and also a place in which Napoleon I spent some time. Metro stations Conciliazione, Cadorna, Cairoli and Cordusio are the closest to the avenue.…
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The famous Santa Maria delle Grazie church and convent, where Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper can be found, is very close to the Corso.
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Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore
A lovely 4th century basilica, perhaps is one of the oldest basilicas in Western Europe. It is famous for its beautiful courtyard, with Roman-age columns and statue of the emperor Constantine. The columns, Colonne di San Lorenzo (St. Lawrence's colonnade), are actually a remain of the Roman "Mediolanum", dating from the 3rd century AD.…
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Further south the square you can see Medieval Porta Ticinese (there is also a homonymous newer gate which lies about 600m south by Corso di Porta Ticinese).
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Gardens of the Guastalla
Among Milan's oldest (founded in the 16th century), but quite small gardens, and are very close to the University district. The parks, however, were only opened to the public in the early 20th century. You can have a nice walk inside, and you also have a classical temple-like structure and also a sort of pond with a Baroque railing surrounding it.…
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Reachable via Crocetta, P.ta Romana, Missori or even San Babila metro stations. It's also not that far from the Duomo.
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Pirelli Tower
Completed in 1956, the Pirelli Tower became a turning point in the history of global architecture, even though its looks may pale now in comparison to the newer postmodern-era towers, as well as a symbol of the rebound of Milan and the Italian economy following the Second World War.…
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Originally built by the Pirelli company known for tire manufacturing, the Tower used to be the seat of government the Region of Lombardy until it moved to Palazzo Lombardia.
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Palazzo Lombardia
The government of the region of Lombardy spared little expense to relocate itself to what became Italy's tallest building when completed in 2010. It ceded this title to Torre Unicredit one year later, but has an upper hand in terms of the highest usable floor at 160 metres. The building is open for visit every Sunday, from 10am to 18pm.…
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During visit time, you can climb to the "belvedere" glass wall on the 39th floor
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Arco della Pace
The triumphal arch of peace stands at the place at one of Milan's seven city gates. First the gate was known as Porta Giovia and was located closer to the city center. Porta Sempione means "Gate towards Simplon", and once the road leading over the Simplon Pass to Paris went through this gate.…
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The current gate was built in the early 19th century and at that time it was referred to as Arco della Pace.
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Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
One of the most popular high street shopping arteries in the city. It has a very elegant modern appearance, but too has some well-preserved grand 18th and 19th century buildings, including a rotunda-like neoclassical church. The Corso contains some great retail stores, including big shopping centres, fashionable outlets, and youthful, sporty designer boutiques.…
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It is pedestrian.
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Piazza della Repubblica
A modern and very busy square north-west of Milan. It contains some of the most important office blocks and company buildings in the country, and boasts some good examples of 1950s and 60s Italian architecture. The square in itself is an important one for transportation, and contains some grand hotels.…
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It is also close to the Piazza Duca d'Aosta and the city Central station.
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Piazza Belgiojoso
A small, yet very impressive square, which hosts the magnificent neoclassical Belgiojoso Palace, built by Milanese noblemen in the late 1700s, and the House of Manzoni, where notable Italian writer and literary figure Alessandro Manzoni lived, and which today hosts a library and the Centro Nazionale di Studi Manzoniani…
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(National Centre of Manzoni-related studies).
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Castello Sforzesco
官方网站A large medieval castle with a grass-covered courtyard, where the Sforza-Visconti ruling families of Milan resided. Later it was the Austrian governor's residence, when Lombardy was part of the Hapsburg empire.…
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It houses several museums, including museums of applied arts, ancient art, historical musical instruments, prehistory, Egyptian art and fine arts.
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Bosco Verticale
The residential twin tower's name should be interpreted literally, as it stems from the fact that the buildings' intricate facades contain actual living trees on various levels, which serve a variety of purposes beneficial to the residents.…
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The total amount of vegetation growing on the facades is equivalent to a hectare of an actual forest.
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Saint Mary of the Graces
官方网站Houses the famous Last Supper ('Cenacolo Vinciano') by Leonardo da Vinci. It is best to reserve tickets a few months before the visit. Canceled reservations are sold from 8:15AM every morning (if there are any, best to show up in person. The church and the painting are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Piazza Della Scala
The location of the Statue of Leonardo da Vinci and La Scala theatre. It is a small, but grand square flanked by fine palaces, such as the city hall and the commercial bank. Great place for a photograph and right next to Galleria Vittorio Emanuele. Ticket office is underground in the Duomo Metropolitana stop.
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Basilicas Park
Named the Basilicas Park as it connects two basilicas: the Basilica of San Lorenzo and the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio. Formerly a place for drug use and anti-social behavior, it has been cleaned up and redesigned in the last decade and is now more pleasant. It was renamed after the late pope John Paul II.
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Via Montenapoleone
The city's top high fashion shopping street. It contains many of the biggest names in fashion, and some of the trendiest and famous emporia and designer stores in the world. Today, despite containing mainly fashion boutiques, there are also a some jewellery shops and cafes scattered here and there.
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Porta Romana
The southeastern city gate, the "gate towards Rome" is simpler built than Ticinese. However Milan has had a "Porta Romana" as a part of it's city walls already when the city was part of the Roman Empire. It has given the name to the district it's located in and to the nearby Metro station.
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Via Manzoni
Impressive refined-air street lined with aristocratic apartment blocks and opulent churches. It also hosts the Poldi Pezzoldi museum. Today, it is also one of the city's premier shopping streets, and is noted for containing the Armani Megastore. It is very close to La Scala opera house.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio
This landmark at the northern bank of Naviglio Grande bears the same name as the UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Western part of the country. The current church is just a little over a century old, built in Romanesque Revival style and is the third church built on that place.
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Piazzale Cordusio
A central and busy square in Milan, right near the Duomo. It boasts some grand and beautiful late-19th century architecture. Once, and to some extent still today, it was an economic hub of the city, with the headquarters of several companies, and big banks and postal offices.
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Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense
官方网站— A library established in 1770 by the Austrian governor. It has since acquired other historical collections and the archives of RAI (Italy's state television). It is very active in organising workshops and debates on new media and new technologies.
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Leonardo's Horse
A bronze sculpture realised according to an original project of Leonardo da Vinci. It is on the courtyard of the race-track of San Siro, just behind the Stadium. The race-track is open on race days but the courtyard is open everyday.
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Hangar Bicocca
官方网站Contemporary art museum located in a giant hangar in the industrial district just north of Milano Bicocca university. They have a few permanent sculptural installations along with rotating temporary exhibits and events.
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Via della Spiga
Lovely and classy little cobblestone street, with some beautiful ancient buildings. The street and its neighborhood are more famous for the center of high-class shopping, where almost every luxury brand can be found.
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Piazza del Liberty
Small square, which however, is noted for a stunning Art Nouveau palace today called the Hotel del Corso, but once the Trianon. You reach it just off a tiny opening at the beginning of the Corso Vittorio Emanuele.
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Porta Venezia
Known by its current name since 1862, this gate has origins that can be traced back to the Roman Empire. The current rather massive gate structure consists of two buildings and was completed in 1828.
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Torre Velasca
A tall, huge, castle-like skyscraper built in the 1950s, and one of the first in Italy. Stunning modern architecture. Unfortunately it is not possible to go on top, since it is a private building.
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Parco Vittorio Formentano
A park with many different trees in the southeast of Milan at the location of a former market. The park also hosts the building of , where theater performances and concerts are held.
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Torre Unicredit
The tallest building in Italy by virtue of its 84-metre spire on top of 146 metres of office floors, completed in 2011 to serve as the headquarters of the Unicredit bank.
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Piazza Cadorna
Medium-sized, normal square in central Milan with the funky modern North Station and some fine buildings, but notably a set of peculiar modern sculptures in the middle.
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Torre Solaria
The tallest residential building in Italy. The unmistakable Jenga-like visage of the tower is achieved by alternating balconies to offer better views and privacy.
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Triennale
官方网站Museum of Design and Architecture, always has 4-6 exhibits on the subject of design, photography or modern art, at least 1-2 of which are always free entry.
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Villa Simonetta
An 15th century Renaissance villa with a massive loggia. The villa has functioned as a candle factory, opera house and hospital, now hosting a music school.
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Torre Isozaki
Currently not accessible and not yet fully completed, but since it is 207 m high with 50 floors you can see it from far away. Designed by Arata Isozaki.
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Porta Garibaldi
Yet another gate from the early 19th century that has lent it's name not only to the district around it but to the nearby railway station as well.
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Museo San Siro Collezione Milan Inter
Inter and Milan paraphernalia are at display at the museum in the stadium that two of the most famous football (soccer) teams in Italy call home.
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Santa Maria al Paradiso
Built in the late 16th century for the Third Order of Saint Francis, much of its interior including decoration and paintings has been preserved.
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Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio
A beautiful and huge Romanesque church which was almost destroyed by allied bombing in WW II, although some of its mosaics left well preserved.
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San Cristoforo Sul Naviglio
A complex of two churches, the older one is built in the 13th century on a place where there has been houses of worship since the Roman Empire.
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Cimitero Monumentale
Milan's old cemetery in Neoclassical style. It is filled with lavish sculptures, impressive mausoleums and monuments. Well worth a visit!
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Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology
官方网站As the name tells, it is a museum to learn more about science and technology. Hosted in a former monastery, San Vittore al Corpo.
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Expo Gate
官方网站Information hub and ticket office for the Expo Milano 2015. The gate consists of two structures designed by Scandurra Studio.
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Deposito Tranviario Messina
The tram deposit is an example of early 20th century Italian industrial architecture with an impressive iron gridded ceiling.
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Porta Nuova
The Napoleonic "new gate" is located next to the modern business district and is simpler built than the other city gates.
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San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore
A must-see! A stunning fully frescoed Renaissance church. Most of the paintings are the work of Bernardino Luini.
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Chinatown
Not as big or famous as the ones in London or New York, Milan does also have a Chinatown, dating from the 1920's.
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Porta Ticinese
A 19th century gate and the surrounding area is a very old-fashioned quarter nearly untouched by WWII bombings.
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Ambrosian Library
官方网站Historical library that also houses the Ambrosian art gallery with treasures such as Leonardo Atlantic Codex.
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Palazzo del Sole 24 ore
An office building hosting the business magazine Sole 24 Ore and an example of modern Italian architecture.
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The medieval Porta Nuova
A rather small gate to the city that you might pass through if walking from the central station to Duomo.
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Brera Art Gallery
官方网站One of Italy's most important art collections and one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings.
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Milan has 60 documented sights including Piazza del Duomo, Via Dante, Duomo. Use the list above to plan your itinerary.
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