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The metropolitan area of Milan is the largest and most populated in Italy. The city is the capital of Milan Province and of the northern Italian region of Lombardy. An important international business and industrial centre, Milan rates sixth in the world and third in Europe among cities most able to attract foreign capital. One of the most important financial centres of Europe, it attracts the administrative offices of dozens of multinational companies. Milan lies in a flat area in the Western part of Lombardy where several small rivers (Lambro, Olona, Seveso) and various canals, called the “Navigli”, flow. Many important regional, national and international communication routes meet in Milan. The city boasts a long history. Strategically linked to the northern border of the Italian peninsular, both Milan and the whole region of Lombardy were the subject of many a dispute for centuries. Celts, Goths, Longobards, Spaniards and Austrians have all ruled the city at some stage in its history. The city has almost always turned its geographical position to its advantage, despite suffering a few defeats by foreign rulers. Milan fought against Barbarossa, became a Comune, then a seigniory of the Visconti and Sforza families. Eventually, it was conquered by France, Spain and Austria. In 1883, the first electric power station in 4
continental Europe was inaugurated. In 1906, the city hosted the Universal Exhibition, an event that marked an epoch. It was here that the struggles of the Italian working class began, and here that Italian Futurism was born. In the two decades before World War II, many public works were built: the Central Station, the Central Dairy, the Planetarium, donated by the publisher Ulrico Hoepli, and the Seadrome. During the war, the city was heavily bombed, occupied by the Germans, became part of the Italian Social Republic, then head of the National Liberation Committee, the Italian resistance movement. Today, the Lombard capital is considered the main economic, financial and productive centre of the country. Together with Turin and Genoa, it makes up the “Industrial Triangle” of Italy and is one of the world capitals of fashion and design, along with Paris. The city is associated with famous people such as Alessandro Manzoni, the novelist, Giuseppe Verdi, the composer and the great Leonardo da Vinci, who actually left his most important work in Milan: The Last Supper, given World Heritage status by UNESCO in 1980. The city’s historic centre is a succession of Neo-Gothic, Baroque and Liberty architectural styles, which
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merge with the Futurist style and Italian Rationalism. Here you can find Milan’s famous cathedral, the Duomo, and the Sforza Castle. The Navigli is one of the trendiest areas of the city, where old styles mix with new. It grew up in the early twentieth century, when the working class moved to the area and began to merge with the wealthier class. Full of artists, musicians, politicians and architects, today the district is a favourite place for living and leisure for many Milanese, due to its Bohemian atmosphere. Milanese food is fairly traditional, but excellent quality. Most of the restaurants are concentrated in the historic centre, in the fashionable Brera district and along the canals in the Navigli district. The restaurants in the centre tend to be sophisticated, while those in the other two districts are more informal. Milan is considered to have the best restaurants in Italy, both for meat and fish. The fish is excellent, despite the distance from the sea, as the city’s fish market is the largest in Southern Europe. In the last 20 years, numerous restaurants of other nationalities have opened, offering an alternative to traditional Italian food. Milan has a tradition in sport at the top of the league tables, not only in Italy, but in Europe as a whole. It is the only European city with two football teams, Milan and Inter, which have won both the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. In basketball, Olimpia Milano is among the teams with the most titles in the world. Milanese teams are often at the top of the national leagues in other sports too, such as ice hockey, American football and rugby. Milan also has a long-running tradition in fencing, gymnastics and athletics.
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ABOUT THE CITY
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UNDERGROUND The underground is one of the most frequently used means of transport used to get around the city and offers an excellent alternative to driving. Milan has three underground lines: M1 red line, M2 green line, M3 yellow line, and is open from 06.00 to 24.00. According to your requirements, you can buy a single ticket for €1.50, valid for 90 minutes from the time you first use it; a book of 10 tickets for €13.80; a one-day ticket for €4.50, or a two-day ticket for €8.25, valid for 48 hours from time of first use. TAXI Taxis are a convenient and quick way to reach any part of the city. To find the nearest taxi rank, the City Council provides a service called Taxi subito 84881878. If you call this number, a recorded message lists the taxi ranks nearest to the point you are calling from. To book a taxi, you need to call either of the following telephone numbers: Autoradio Taxi (39) 02 8585, or Yellow Taxi (39) 02 6969. TOURIST TRAM ATM (the city’s public transport company) provides a tour of the city on an old, 1920s tram. The tour lasts 75 minutes and leaves from Piazza Castello (at 09.00, 11.00 and 13.00). Tickets can be purchased on board. For information: tel. 02 72002584. TOURIST BUS For those who have more time, or who want to get an immediate idea of what to see at their leisure, we recommend the tourist bus, which follows the main sightseeing routes. BUS Milan has a large bus network connecting the different areas of the city. The City Council provides the Bus by Night, a minibus that takes young people safely home from the busiest areas of the city’s nightlife on Friday and Saturday nights. The service runs from 2 am to 5.10 am. Tickets can be purchased on board for €1.50. Public transport pass holders travel free. 6
ON FOOT Probably the most interesting way to see Milan is to go round on foot. Bear in mind, however, that the size of the city does not always allow this, making public transport indispensable in some cases. FROM THE AIRPORT To get to Milan by plane are available the airports of Malpensa and Linate. Malpensa is well connected with the Central Station of Milan by private buses as the Malpensa Shuttle Air Pullman (12 € return), or with the Malpensa Express train (11 € one way), also starting from Cadorna station. Linate is instead reached by urban bus line n. 73, starting from San Babila Square (1.5 € one way), or with the private services Starfly, Air Bus Rentals (9 € return) in 30 minutes linking the airport to Central Station the Fiera Milano city and the exhibition center of Rho.
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OFFICIAL WEBSITES OF THE CITY For general information, see Milan City Council’s website: www.comune.milano.it or the official tourist site: www.turismo.milano.it TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE Azienda di promozione turistica (APT) Piazza Castello 1, on the corner of Via Beltrami Tel. +39 02/77404343 Open from Monday to Friday 09.00 to 18.00, Saturday from 09.00 to 13.30 and from 14.00 to 18.00, Sundays and national holidays from 09.00 to 13.30 and from 14.00 to 17.00. USEFUL NUMBERS Military Police (Carabinieri) 112 State Police (Polizia) 113 Fire Brigade 115 Ambulance Service 118 Travel Information (CCISS) 1518 CITY PASS Milano AmaMI Card is the first tourist pass to give holders the same advantages as a prepaid disposable card, and is rechargeable up to a maximum value of 150 Euros. The pass is easy to use: from the moment it is first stamped, either on public transport, or for admission to a museum or exhibition covered by the scheme, it remains valid for up to 48 hours, ample time to get around, discover and fall in love with Milan, its culture and all the excellent things it has to offer. If not used immediately, the pass can be kept and used at any time within 2 years of purchase. CLIMATE Due to its geographical position, Milan has a typically continental climate, with cold winters and hot, muggy summers. In the other seasons, clear, sunny days alternate with rainy periods. Annual average temperatures vary from 1°C in winter to 24°C in summer. A typical feature of the area is fog, which appears for about 30 days a year, especially south of the city.
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TiP (tourist informations in pills) churches.........................................pag 10 buildings.........................................pag 14 museums........................................pag 18 monuments - structures..................pag 22 squares-streets...............................pag 26 theatres..........................................pag 30 various............................................pag 32 chiese...................................................pag 1 palazzi..................................................pag 5 musei....................................................pag 9 monumenti e strutture..........................pag 13 teatri.....................................................pag 21 varie......................................................pag 23
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Basilica of St. Eustorgio
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Church of St. Lorenzo Maggiore
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Basilica of St. Ambrogio
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Church of Santa Mary of the Graces
Piazza Sant’Eustorgio, 3 - Milan Built in VI century on the area where archbishop Eustorgio was buried, keeping the grave of the three Wise man. Between 400 and 500 it was incorporated in a bigger building, whose there is no track. Destroyed by Federico Barbarossa, after the conquest of the city, it was rebuilt around 1190. In 400 the façade was remanaged and the construction of the celebrated Portinari Chapel , adorned with wall paintings of Vincenzo Foppa, was carried out.
Corso di Porta Ticinese, 51b - Milan The Church of Saint Lorenzo Maggiore was built between the IV and the V century. It was restored in ‘500 by Martino Bassi after that the big chapel fall down. Instead the wall face was rebuilt in 1894. The church was damaged by three catastrophic fires and in 1117 by a strong earthquake. In the basement of the church there are the ruins of the most important Romanesque monument of the city, the amphitheatre. Nobody should miss the visit to the mausoleum of Saint Aquilino.
Piazza Sant’Ambrogio, 29 - Milan Built between 379 and 386, it is one of the most ancient churches in Milan. Constructed in the “Martyrs’ cemetery” was dedicated to them and consecrated to Ambrose. In 789, archbishop Pietro founded near the basilica a Benedictine monastery. Inside you can find pictorial decorations of Bramante, Bergognone and Luini. The Ambrose museum is worth visiting.
Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie, 1-2 - Milan In 1463 the duke of Milan Francesco I Sforza ordered to build a Dominican convent and a church, based on a Guiniforte Solari’s project, in the place where there was a small chapel dedicated to Saint Mary of the Graces. This church is one of the most beautiful in Italy and it’s a very important architectural reference of Milan. Here tourists can admire the famous “Cenacolo” of Leonardo da Vinci.
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Church of St. Maurizio at Monastero
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Church of St. Mary at St. Satiro
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Cathedral of Milan
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Church of St. Babila
Via Bernardino Luini, 2 - Milan The church of Saint Maurizio is a Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono’s project, but it was finished by Solari. The church was founded in 1503 on the ruins of a old church annexed to the Monastero Maggiore, a female convent of the Benedictines which was demolished in 1799. The facade is covered with gray stone of Ornavasso, which contrast with the indoor gold decorations. The church is rich of wall painting.
Via Speronari, 3 - Milan It rise where a original church was, in which in 1242 a paint of Madonna and Child was stabbed and blood poured from it. In the church is still preserved the dagger and the miracculous paint was destination of pilgrimage. In 1480 to honour the paint was built the new church. The project was made by Bramante.
Piazza del Duomo - Milan The Cathedral of Milan, symbol of the city, is one of the most famous gothic build of the world and it’s the second highest church. It was built in 1386 for want of Gian Galeazzo Visconti. In XVIII century was built the major pinnacle, where Madonnina statue takes place. Napoleon ordered Duomo to be finished and here he was crowned king of Italy. Inside the Duomo there is the famous San Bartolomeo Scorticato by Marco D’Agrate.
Piazza San Babila, 5 - Milan For a long time this Church was considered, together with the Cathedral Dom and Saint Ambrose, the most beautiful basilica of Milan, being the first Christian church of the city. It dates back to 46 A.D., built after 1575 with the extension of a span, while from 1598 till 1610 the façade, then destroyed, and the Romanesque apses were completed. In the right nave there is a seventeenthcentury image of Our Lady, one of the most appreciated in Milan.
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Basilica of St. Mary of Passion
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Basilica of St. Simpliciano
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Church of St. Angelo
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Certosa of Garegnano
Via Conservatorio, 12-14 - Milan It dates back to 500, it is one of the most prestigious churches in Milan, and the biggest after the cathedral dome. Inside you can admire important works of Giulio Campi, Bernardino Luino and Carlo Urbino. Since 1500 it is the seat of an intense musical activity. Between XVI and XVII two organs, one in front of the other one, were built. The devotion to music enables music to go with the visitors.
Piazza San Simpliciano, 7 - Milan Founded in IV century by S.Ambrogio, it still maintains the original structure, even if more times it was changed by Longobards and architechts of the middle-age, baroque age and of 800s.The treasure of the church is represented by the coronation of Maria, which stands in the wide apse’s bowl, a masterpiece of Ambrogio from Fossano, called Bergognone. Often it is the seat of many baroque music concerts. In 1360 Petrarca was a guest in the wonderful cloisters of the church.
Piazza Sant’Angelo, 2 - Milan The church and the convent were built for want to the governor Luigi Gonzaga to replace the homonym church, knocked down because it placed on the new city’s wall layout, and finished in 1584. Authors of this project were Domenico Giunti, Francesco Pirovano and Pietro Lonati. The building houses art works of Antonio Campi, Morazzone and Giovan Battista della Rovere.
Via Garegnano, 28 - Milan Founded by Giovanni Visconti, archbishop and lord of the city, in 1349, had the honor to accommodate also Francesco Petrarca in XIV. The building is renowned for the pictorial cycle inside, made in two times by Simone Peterzano. During the Napoleonic occupation was a barrack, reverted to the worship with Austrian restoration, During 800sit was visited by Lord Byron, who was struck by him frescoes, described in one of his letters.
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Rotonda della Besana
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Sormani Palace
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Velasca Tower
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Royal Palace
Via Enrico Besana, 12 - Milan Its name is the same of the street on which it has the entrance. It has late baroque style and it was built between 1713 and 1725, when it was a church with cemetery for sick people of Ospedale Maggiore of Milan. Later it was deconsecrated and today it houses art exhibitions.
Corso di Porta Vittoria, 6 - Milan Today it is the location of the library of the city. It was reconstructed in 600 by Cesare Monti, archbishop of Milan and owner of an important art collection. The palace has two important facade and inside it preserves a cycle of 23 works of Grechetto about Orfeo.
Piazza Velasca, 5 - Milan The skyscraper was built in 1958. The project can be connect to the formal revolution Neoliberty. The profile of the tower is the result of a lengthy study that finds its origins in the search for functional responses to the constriction where is located the base of the tower in the same name square.
Piazza del Duomo, 10-14 - Milan For many years the seventeenth century Royal Palace of Milan was house of Visconti and Sforza’s family and then of Spanish and Austrian governors. The Sala delle Cariatidi is the most beautiful room of the palace: the only neoclassical room survivor to the second world war, it wasn’t rebuilt as reminder of that period. The Palace houses many contemporary exhibitions.
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Cloisters of Bramante
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Mezzanotte Palace
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Marino Palace
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Palace Belgioioso d’Este
Largo Fra Agostino Gemelli, 1 - Milan The two cloisters are located inside the university Cattolica. One is a Doric cloister the other one is ionic, both of them were built for want of Ludovico Sforza.
Piazza degli Affari, 6 - Milan The palace is a project, dated 1932, of architect Paolo Mezzanotte. The hall houses a permanent exhibition about the palace’s history through ceramics painted by Gio Ponti. This palace was avant-garde in Italy: it was the first one with a technological elevator and it housed the biggest electric paint of Italy.
Piazza della Scala, 2 - Milan In 1563 it was projected by architect Galeazzo Alessi and since 1861 it was location of township. It extends from Piazza San Fedele to Piazza della Scala and it has big court. In 1577, for want of Tommaso Marino, the palace was distrained because of the many debts of the family and it was transferred to the family of Emilio Omodei. Only in 1781 the city of Milan bought it again. Till 1954 the palace was rebuilt many times.
Piazza Belgioioso, 2 - Milan It an example of the best neoclassical architecture of Milan with Teatro alla Scala. In 1787 it was founded for want of Alberico XII Belgioioso d’Este on a project of Piermarini. It’s composed of many courts, the main one is completed by a porch with arches, marble Doric columns and windows rich of decorations.
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Serbelloni Palace
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Royal House
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Skyscraper Pirelli
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Central Station
Corso Venezia, 16 - Milan The palace was built by duke Gabrio Serbelloni and it’s a symbol of neoclassical architecture of Milan. Napoleon lived here for three months and the big representative hall was dedicated to him. In its elegant rooms and yard the Foundation Serbelloni organizes important events.
Via Palestro, 14 - Milan It was built at the begin of 800 by architect Leopoldo Pollack for want of count Ludovico di Barbiano e Belgiojoso. The impressive palace represents the most important neoclassical work of Milan and today it houses the gallery of modern art.
Via Fabio Filzi, 29 - Milan At the begin it housed Pirelli’s offices, today it houses Region Lombardy offices. In 1950 it was projected by Gio Ponti and between 1956 and 1061 it was built. It’s an important architecture: 127 meters high, 31 floors. The entire structure is made with reinforced concrete.
Piazza Duca d’Aosta,16 - Milan It ‘s the second Italian station for volume of traffic after Rome Termini and a major railway stations of Europe. The imposing building was officially inaugurated on 1 July 1931. It was built by Vittorio Emanuele III, to replace the very first historic station (1864), of which no trace remains today. Receives about 600 trains a day. Benito Mussolini wanted the station to represent the power of the fascist regime.
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Museum of Natural History
Corso Venezia, 55 - Milan It’s the biggest museum of natural history of Italy and it’s one of the most famous in Europe. In the 23 rooms visitors can see the development of organisms and environment and the history of life evolution. Here are located many plants, animals, minerals and fossils. In the museum takes place a rich library with more than 120.000 books. Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9.00 to 17.30. Entry fee € 3, reduced fare € 1,50.
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PAC - Pavillo of Contemporary Art
Via Palestro, 14 - Milan It was built in 1951 on a project of Ignazio Gardella. In 1993 it was damaged by a attack and in 1996 it was reconstructed and opened again. From 1979 to today it housed in its 1200 mq around 200 exhibitions. It’s oriented to every contemporary art style.
Monday: 14.30 - 19.30; Thursday: 9.30 - 22.30; from Tuesday to Sunday: 9.30 - 19.30. Entry fee € 7, reduced fare € 5,50.
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Picture Gallery of Brera
Via Brera, 28 - Milan It was built on a fourteenth century convent. Also here are located a library, astronomical observatory, botanical gardens, institute of Lombardy of science and letters and Academy of Belle Arti. The Pinacoteca houses works of Raffaello, Luini, Mantegna, Bramantino, Guercino, Rubens, Rembrandt, Tiepolo, Canaletto, Caravaggio. Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 8.30 to19.15. Entry fee € 6, reduced fare € 3.
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Museums of Castle Sforzesco
Piazza Castello - Milan They are the glory of Milan. To visit are Museo d’Arte Antica with the beautiful Michelangelo’s statue “La Pietà Rondinini”, Pinacoteca of Castello with artworks of Antonello from Messina, Andrea Mantegna, Canaletto, Correggio and Tiepolo, Museo of Preistoria and Protostoria, Museo Egizio, Museo of Strumenti Musicali. Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9.00 to 17.30. Entry fee € 3, reduced fare € 1,50.
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Egyptian Museum
Piazza Castello - Milan Hosted in the basement of the Sforza’s castle, is one of the largest in Italy after the one in Turin and Florence. Seven are the sections present: The writing, the pharaoh, gods and cults, Everyday Life, The funerary cult, Excavations Vogliano, Mummies, coffins and funeral masks, special attention is given to the funeral customs of ancient Egypt. At the entrance is a statue-cube from the enigmatic face to welcome visitors. Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9.00 to17.30. Entry fee € 3, reduced fare € 1,50.
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Museum Poldi Pezzoli
Via Alessandro Manzoni, 12 - Milan In 1881 it was founded by Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli and thanks to art collections and value works here housed the museum is very famous in the world. In the golden hall are located “S. Nicola da Tolentino” by Pietro della Francesca, “Ritratto di donna” by Pollaiolo, “Madonna col bambino” by Mantegna, “Il Compianto sul Cristo morto” by Botticelli and many furniture, carpets and jewelleries. Also the library contains 2259 books dated between XV and XIX century. Open from Monday to Sunday from 10.00 to 18.00, except Tuesday. Entry fee € 9.
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Theatrical Museum alla Scala
Largo Antonio Ghiringhelli - Milan It shows the Theatre history through busts, relics and paintings of people who makes La Scala famous in the world. For example there are Boito’s pen, Puccini’s clock, glasses’ Rossini, curls’ Bellini and Mozart. A big section is dedicated to Verdi. Open every day from 9.00 to 12.30 and from 13.30 to 17.30. Entry fee € 5.
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Cathedral’s Museum
Piazza del Duomo, 14 - Milan It was inaugurated in 1953 and preserves everything used or discarded during the planning and the construction of Duomo. There are statues, tapestries, sketches, paintings. Also there is Lombard art cycle from XIV century to today.
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Ambrosiana Picture Gallery
Piazza Pio XI, 2 - Milan It’s located in the palace where Biblioteca Ambrosiana is. The Pinacoteca was founded by Federico Borromeo in 1621 to expand the existing library. Here there are collection’s works of Leonardo, Botticelli, Bramantino, Bergognone, Bernardino Luini, Tiziano, Caravaggio, Jan Brueghel. Also there are copies of famous paintings, for example L’Ultima Cena of Leonardo.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 to 18.00. Entry fee € 20, reduced fare € 15.
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Archeological Museum
Corso Magenta, 15 - Milan It is located where was placed the convent of Monastero Maggiore of Saint Maurizio. There are some rooms dedicated to old Milan, some ones to Middle Ages and others to history of Milan. The church of Saint Maurizio’s crypt is location of the Greek collection. To see Coppa Diatreta or Coppa Trivulzio, one of the most interesting relic of late Romanesque period (III-IV century). Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9.00 to 17.30. Entry fee € 5, reduced fare € 2,50.
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Museum of Science and Technology
Via San Vittore, 16 - Milan Here are collecting all the scientific and technological discoveries. The main attraction is permanently exhibition dedicated to Leonardo. Sections of museum are dedicated to transportation, graphic art, energy production, metal manufactory and goldsmith’s art. Also there are a railway pavilion and a naval air pavilion. Here tourists can see old relic of war ships, some attack ships and airplanes used during the two world wars. From Tuesday to Friday: 9.30 - 17.00; Saturday and Sunday: 9.30 - 18.30. Entry fee € 10.
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Soccer Museum - San Siro Stadium
Via dei Piccolomini, 5 - Milan Brainchild of Arisi Onorato and his fascinating private collection, tells the story of Inter and Milan (the most important italian teams), through a series of unique memorabilia: the historical links of Mazzola and Rivera, of Pele and Maradona, trophies, cups, objects, that have entered the legend of world football. Open every day from 10.00 to 17.00. Entry fee € 11, museum+tour € 13.
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Romana Gate
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Ticinese Gate
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Arch of Peace
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Venezia Gate
Piazza Medaglie d’Oro, 1 - Milan The original door was built in Romanesque period and was located in Piazza Missori. In medieval period the city grow up and this door was moved where now there is the crossing between Porta Romana and via Sforza. The courrent door was built in 1596, when Margherita d’Austria-Stiria, bride of Filippo III of Spain, came in Milan. It is a arc in Doric style as the Romanesque arcs.
Piazza 24 Maggio, 2 - Milan It was projected by architect Cagnola and it was completed in 1814. It is located on the Naviglio Grande’s dyke and outside the Spanish walls to force paying toll who was entering in Milan.
Corso Sempione, 1 - Milan The construction began in 1807, according the project of Luigi Cagnola at the the behest of Napoleone. According the idea of French sovereign, the arch had to represent a triumphal entry in the city of Milan. Yet, it was finished and opened in 1853 by Ferdinand I who wanted to dedicate it to the peace reached in Europe through the Congress of Vienna. It is carved in granite and adorned with statues and sculptures. At the top of it you can find the “Sestigia della Pace” work.
Corso Venezia, 63 - Milan It was reconstructed by Piermarini for want of government Melzi d’Eril, who qualified it as on of the important build of Italy. The tollbooths were built in 1828 on project of architect Vantini. In 1833 statues and embossed were placed on it. Through this door Renzo Tramaglino entranced in Milan, in the famous Promessi Sposi.
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Garibaldi Gate
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Columns of St. Lorenzo
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Madonnina of Cathedral
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Monumental Cemetery
Piazza 25 Aprile, 10 - Milan It was founded in 1834 by Giacomo Moraglia’s, who projected a triumph arc with two pedestrian ways and two toll booths. On the arc where placed four colossus, works of Perabò, as symbols of principal rivers of Lombardy: Po, Adda, Ticino and Olona. It was dedicated to Garibaldi because he crossed it after the victories of Varese and San Fermo.
Corso di Porta Ticinese, 22-36 - Milan The columns of Saint Lorenzo with amphitheatre, theatre and thermal bath are rare Romanesque finds in Milan. It is composed by sixteen marble columns with Corinthian capitals, which are taken from a bath house wanted by Massimiliano, in III century.
Piazza del Duomo - Milan It is a golden copper statue, work of Giuseppe Perego, of Madonna Assunta placed on major pinnacle of Duomo of Milan. From 1774 it is symbol of the city. The tradition said that the other buildings can not be higher then it. From 1930 it became a law.
Piazzale Cimitero Monumentale, 14 - Milan It was opened in 1866 and projected by architect Maciachini. The main entrance is called Farmedio, used as burial place for important Italians, for example Alessandro Manzoni, Carlo Cattaneo, Alberto Ascari, Boito, Quasimodo. Also it housed tombstones dedicated to people from Milan but buried somewhere else.
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Branca Tower
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St. Siro - Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
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Public Aquarium
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Ulrico Hoepli Planetary
Viale al Parco Luigi Camoens - Milan The Tower is 108.60 meters high and the fifth tallest structure in the city after the Palazzo Lombardia, the Pirelli Tower, the Galfa Tower and the Breda Tower (surpassing the top of the Duomo), but mostly it is the highest panoramic point accessible to the public. It was built in record time and designed by Gio Ponti while it was inaugurated in 1933 for the V Triennale shows the name of Torre Littoria. Today it is used as a panoramic point.
Via Dessié, 15 - Milan It’s the stadium of Milan and here the two teams of the city, Milan and Inter, play. The stadium was built in 1926 and it’s dedicated to a soccer player of ’30, Giuseppe Meazza, but it’s also called San Siro, name of the district where it’s located. Inside the stadium there is also a museum. It’s one of the bigger stadium of the world, it has 80.000 seats.
Viale Gerolamo Gadio - Milan Founded in 1906, according the project of the architect Sebastiano Locati, it is the third oldest aquarium in Europe. It offers a detailed sight over Italian aquatic environments of fresh water and sea. It tells the water history since atmospheric rainfalls converge together into mountain torrent up to the sea, across the principal environments that here develop. It has a wide specialized library.
Corso Venezia, 57 - Milan Ulrico Hoepli, editor and astronomy follower, born in Switzerland, donated the planetary to Milan in 1929. It has octagonal plan and, thanks to its hall with 300 seats, it’s the biggest planetary in Italy and one of the main in the world. It’s used for teaching everything about astronomy.
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The Navigli
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Laundress Alley
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Cathedral’s Square
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Mercanti Square
Viale Gorizia, 34 - Milan They are artificial canals used for goods transport and for the navigation. Today some part of them are buried. Today are the location of night life of Milan with them pubs and restaurants. The Navigli are Naviglio Pavese, Naviglio Grande, Naviglio Martesana, Naviglio of Bereguardo and Naviglio of Paderno.
Vicolo Privato Lavandai, 2-6 - Milan One of the most characteristic place of Milan located on Naviglio near the dock of Porta Ticinese. It takes the name from a washhouse, still existing, used by women to wash clothes till the end of ‘50. The alley is dedicated to men and not to women because in 800 men used to do laundry. To see a old centrifuge of 900.
Piazza del Duomo - Milan Real center of the city life for over seven centuries, a meeting of the Milanese and the seat of important events, spread over a wide area of rectangular shape, where the buildings are arranged according to the Duomo, which closes the prospect of background with its imposing and impressive Gothic façade; in the center is the equestrian monument to Victor Emmanuel II.
Piazza Mercanti, Via Orefici - Milan It’s an example of medieval architecture of Milan. It’s small and discreet , far away from the traffic of the city. It was built in XIII century. The main building is Palazzo della Regione, also known as Broletto Nuovo, built between 1228 and 1233. On the opposite site of the square there is Loggia degli Osii, built in 1316 and reconstracted in 1904.
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Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery
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San Babila Square
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Monte Napoleone Street
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II - Milan It was projected by architect Giuseppe Mengoni, Who died falling down from the chapel during the construction, finished in 1865. The gallery connects Piazza della Scala and Piazza Duomo. Here there are many famous brand shops and elegant café and restaurant. The central octagonal it’s called “living room of Milan” and in the middle of it there is Savoia’smcoat of arm made with mosaic.
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II - Milan It crosses the pedestrian downtown from Piazza del Duomo to Piazza San Babila. It was damaged during the war world II and it was reconstructed with porches on both sides, where a lot of famous fashion shops opened.
Piazza San Babila - Milan Situated in Milan’s CIty center, is one of the focal points of the city. The buildings overlooking the square belong the forties, fifties and sixties, with the exception of the Basilica of San Babila. Eight are the routes that converge on the square: Corso Europa, Corso Matteotti, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, during Venice, Corso Monforte, via Bagutta, and so on Durini Burgundy; recently to beautify the space has been built a fountain.
Via Monte Napoleone - Milan It’s the most luxury and famous street of Milan and, with Via della Spiga, Via Sant’Andrea and Via Pietro Verri, makes the “quadrilateral of fashion”. It houses famous fashion shops and show rooms and it’s considered the temple of shopping of Milan.
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Via della Spiga
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Brera - District
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Corso Como
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Corso Buenos Aires
Via della Spiga - Milan It’s one of the most beautiful shopping street of Milan and it’s part of the fashion district. On it there are many important fashion shops.
Via Brera - Milan It is a famous district in Milan, very close to the centre, popular among many artists coming mainly from the Accademia delle Belle Arti, placed in this area. After the bohemian period, today’s Brera district is renowned for the elegant style, mainly for the antique shops and for the local street market which takes place every third Sunday of the month in Fiori Chiari road. The evening atmosphere, during the summer is very particular and typical.
Corso Como - Milan It’s part of the “isola” district and it was the first part of the Comasina road to Como. It’s located near Garibaldi station and since ’90 it was renovated and many night local opened on it. Today Corso houses the most fashion night pubs of Milan.
Corso Buenos Aires - Milan It’s more than one kilometre long and it’s one of the main commercial roads of Milan: it houses about 350 shops. It was built near the old Lazzaretto, famous thanks to the romance Promessi Sposi. On the west side of Corso there is the working class district near the Central Station, on the opposite side there is the rich district of the middle class.
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Carcano Theatre
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Piccolo Theatre
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La Scala Theatre
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Arcimboldi Theatre
Corso di Porta Romana, 63 - Milan In 1801 Giuseppe Carcano decided to found a big theatre with 1500 seats in the noble’s district of Milan. The plan of it was made by Luigi Canonica, young architect of Stato della Repubblica Cisalpina, roles of Piermarini. Canonica used the model of Theatre alla Scala: a hall with four stages, a vault with central medallion, neoclassical stuccos decorations.
Via Rovello, 2 - Milan It was founded in 1947 by Paolo Grassi and Giorgio Strehler. It’s the first example of stable theatre organization in Italy. It was inaugurated in 1947 with “L’albergo dei poveri” by Gorkji and the big names of show business took part in it. The theatre has only 500 seats and a small stage and it’s dedicated to Paolo Grassi. Bramante’s frescos are preserved in the cloister of fifteenth century.
Piazza della Scala, 6 - Milan It’s the lyric temple, founded in 1776 for want of Queen Maria Teresa d’Austria and it’s a project of Giuseppe Piermarini, an of the most famous architect of that period. All the most important lyric singers and orchestra’s director performed on Scala’s stage, for example Maria Callas, Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Josè Carreras, Renata Tebaldi, Riccardoo Muti and Zubin Metha. Since 2002 till 2004 the theatre was reconstructed.
Viale dell’Innovazione, 20 - Milan It’s direct connected to Theatre alla Scala, because it was used to house shows when La Scala was under reconstruction. It was inaugurated on 19 January 2002 with La Traviata. When La Scala opened again Arcimboldi Theatre housed only lyric opera and cultural events. The hall is fan-shaped, 49 meters width, 35 meters of length and 22 meters high.
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Alessandro Manzoni’s House
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Castle Sforzesco
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Sempone Park
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Tram’s Depot Messina
Piazza Belgioioso, 1 - Milan The elegant palace with an adorned façade in terracotta, placed in the middle of the coty’s centre, was Alessandro Manzoni,’s residence from 1814 till 1873, year in which he died, falling down stairs in the near San Fedele. Inside you can find the original furniture of the places where the writer lived and wrote. Since 1937 the House is seat of the National Centre of Manzoni’s Studies.
Piazza Castello, 2 - Milan Castle Sforzesco rose in 300, at the behest of Visconti; it was enlarged by Francesco Sforza in 1368, later by Ludovico il Moro. Used as well as residence, also as military fortress. Today, the Castle is seat of valuable public museums. This imposing structure, located in a strategic position in the city centre, has become one of the symbol and the most visited place of Milan, also thanks to the presence of museums.
Via Gerolamo Gadio - Milan It’s a park in romantic style, fenced in, and it contains a rich arboreal collection and many entertaining areas. Along its borders there are many important historical buildings and institutions of Milan, for example Sforza’s Castle and its museums, civic arena, the arch of the peace and public aquarium. The park is 386.000 mq.
Via Messina, 39 - Milan It’s an important and historical building and it’s an example of industrial architecture of Milan. It’s a topic of many architectural courses at university. It was built in 1912 and few years ago it was reconstructed. It’s composed by a steel bearing structure supported by pillars. The cover is made in glass and tiles.
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Lively, curious and versatile, Milan provides thousands of opportunities for culture and entertainment. The same places where culture evolves are also dynamic hubs, designed not only to enthral visitors, but also to draw talent and skill, to arouse interest and curiosity. Expression and creativity in all their forms play a decisive role in the city and take shape on canvases, boards and installations. Indeed, the city has a rich artistic and cultural heritage, made up of numerous museums, art galleries, foundations and associations. Among these, the Triennial has become one of the most prominent venues: a modern space, especially for young artists, where contemporary art exhibitions, concerts, film festivals, and other cultural events are held. The Pinacoteca di Brera is no less important, though, being a museum of international renown, which originated from
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political and state art collections. It was Napoleon who transformed these collections into a museum, designed to exhibit the most significant paintings from all the territories conquered by the French armies. In the theatre too, Milan caters for all tastes. With opera, theatre, entertainment and music, every art form finds a place here. Vying continually with the main European capitals, Milan sells 10 million tickets every year for performances in art, music and film. It also boasts one of the shrines of ballet and opera: Teatro alla Scala, whose season of opera, ballet and classical music is one of the most important cultural events in Milan. The opening night of its season, 7th December, St. Ambrose’s Day, is attended by all the most prominent people in politics, industry and culture of fashionable Milan.
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When you think of Milan, don’t forget that it is not only the capital of the fashion and business worlds, but also a city where the nightlife is more than a simple dinner. Milan has bars, restaurants, discothèques and pubs, and many of these offer live music, especially jazz or local bands. It starts at 11pm and goes on till 4 am, but if you want to get off to a good start, you can begin the evening with an aperitivo, a popular moment for socializing over a drink before dinner. Corso Como is the right place to taste the best food and drinks offered at Happy Hour in Italy. Here, you can find some of the most famous bars for aperitifs, not to mention some of the most chic and elegant restaurants and discothèques. If you are lucky, you might just meet someone famous, like a footballer, a top model, or perhaps a singer or showgirl from some of the best-known national television shows. And, you never know, you might even end up drinking, dancing or eating next to them. Among the liveliest areas for nightlife are the Navigli. By day, a haunt of painters, photographers and tourists looking for a picturesque corner of old Milan, by night, especially on Fridays and Saturdays, it becomes one of the liveliest and noisiest areas of Milanese nightlife. With its pubs, typical old Milanese taverns, bizarre
breweries, disco bars and venues with live music, it has been a focal point for many young people from Milan and its surrounding areas for decades, especially during the summer. The floating bars and restaurants, situated on large boats, are very special, as are the interiors of the old taverns, where you can taste excellent wines and small eats, made with typical Lombard cheeses, salami and other cold meats. Another important focal point for the Milanese and non-Milanese is Brera, a district launched by some famous figures in Milanese song and theatre. In the 70s and 80s it became a meeting place for the trendiest people in Milan. Fashions die out, though, and Brera too, had its heyday. Now renovated, Brera by night, with its narrow lanes, beautifully furnished bars and restaurants with soft lighting, excellent live music and good musicians, has not lost its charm and is always buzzing, all the year round. For those who wish to go outside the city centre, the Seadrome is the right place. Completely renovated, set in natural surroundings on the eastern outskirts of Milan, it has many exotic bars and restaurants, mainly Caribbean or Brazilian, music at 10,000 Watts and concerts, making it the most important place for nightlife in the summer.
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Milan and sport have always gone hand in hand. Indeed, the city offers a wide variety of events during the whole sports season, including cycling. After the golden years of the postwar period, when two famous Italian cyclists, Maspes and Gaiardoni, regularly challenged each other in acrobatic feats at the Velodromo Vigorelli in Via Arona, today there is still a lot of cycling on the city’s streets. There is athletics too, held in June at the “Gianni Brera” Civic Arena, once home to the matches of the Amatori Milano, the city’s historic rugby club. Champions of Italy 18 times, and with several national team players among its members, the team is no longer active today. Among the most popular sports in Milan today are football, of course, which continues to stir the passions of Milan and Inter fans at one of the world’s most famous and prestigious football stadiums, the Stadio Meazza at San Siro. Also in the San Siro district are the Milan hippodromes, among the most prestigious equestrian venues in the world for over a century, and the only one in the world to be listed as a national monument. The races, set in enormous, picturesque grounds, are among the most selective in the world, due to a complete variety of courses. They have seen some of the most famous horses in history, including Ribot, Sirlad, Tony Bin and Falbrav, to name a few of the gallopers, and Tornese, Crevalcore, Viking Kronos
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and Varenne, among the trotters. The Galloping Course, set in enormous grounds and unique scenery, is one of the most difficult in the world, and has a racing season beginning in March and ending in November. The Trotting Course is one of the fastest in the world, hosting competitions such as the European Grand Premium, the UNIRE Grand Premium, the Orsi Mangelli Grand Premium, the Grand Premium of Nations, the National Grand Premium and the Grand Criterium. Milan also offers sport for non-professionals, however. The Stramilano, a race open to running enthusiasts, or “Sunday runners” as they are also known, is held here. The Marathon too, a race of over 42 kilometres, is held in April on a straight course and is thus very fast, for those who wish to beat their own personal record.
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Four famous shopping streets in central Milan form an area known as the Quadrilatero della moda, or “fashion square”. Numerous boutiques and studios of the best-known fashion designers are concentrated in this area. The four streets enclosing the “square” are Via Montenapoleone, Via Manzoni, Via della Spiga and Corso Venezia. It also comprises the roads inside the area: Via Borgospesso, Via Santo Spirito, Via Gesù, Via Sant’Andrea and Via Bagutta. Via Montenapoleone is the heart of Milan’s Fashion Square and is considered one of the fifteen most luxurious and expensive shopping streets in the world. In this large maze of roads are the shops of the most important and well-known Italian and international designers, with wonderful clothes, fine materials and bags and shoes of the latest fashion. There are also jewellery shops and furniture and design showrooms. For less pretentious but no less prestigious purchases, you can head for Corso Vittorio Emanuele, where you will find many clothing and accessories shops. When your feet start to feel weary, take a break in one of the bars or cafés in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele. FASHION WEEK Fashion week in Milan is a world famous event held twice a year. Spring/Summer fashion shows are held in February/March every year, while Autumn/Winter shows are held in September/October. Milan Fashion Week, es-
tablished in 1958, is part of the Big Four, the four most important fashion events in the world, because they are held in the capital cities of the fashion world. The other three Big Four fashion weeks are held in Paris, London and New York. The diary begins with New York, followed by London, then Milan, and ends with Paris. Milan Fashion Week is organized by the Italian National Chamber of Fashion, a nonprofit organization that regulates, coordinates and promotes the growth of Italian fashion. It is also responsible for organizing events associated with Milan Fashion Week. In the past, Milan Fashion Week was always held at Fiera Milano, the Trade and Exhibition Centre in via Gattamelata. In 2010, however, the event was organized at the Fashion Hub.
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Brera Market Every third Sunday in the month, from 09.00 to 18.00. Brera.
Situated in the heart of the city, the market consists of seventy or so stalls along the streets between Via Fiori Chiari, Via Madonnina and Via Formentini. Many interesting gifts can be found on display: china, glassware, modern art, designer costume jewellery, but also precious watches and jewellery. You will also find walking sticks, some of which conceal sharp blades or corkscrews beneath their handles. And of course, being Brera, there are the street artists, at work with their brushes.
“Oh Bej, Oh Bej” Fair 7 December. Piazza Castello.
St. Ambrose’s Day also coincides with the “Oh Bej, Oh Bej” fair, an event that draws crowds from inside and outside the city every year. The origins of this event date from 1300, and every year it fills the streets around the Basilica of St. Ambrose. In recent years, the event has been moved to the Sforza Castle and its surrounding streets.
Sinigaglia Fair Every Saturday. Porta Genova and the Navigli.
This famous fair, traditionally a junk, arts and crafts, clothing and curio market, is held every Saturday along the Darsena, or docks. The Sinigaglia Fair is the oldest flea market in Milan and its roots go back to 1800 in the Ticino area. Wandering among the stalls you can find absolutely anything: old vinyl records, vintage and second-hand clothing, modern art, secondhand items, tribal and ethnic objects, old and new books, trendy clothing, natural cosmetics, collectors’ coins and much more.
Borsino Market Every Saturday morning until 12.30.Via Armorari, Via Cordusio.
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and pennants, bank notes, old business invoices, revenue stamps and stamped paper from every period, aluminium labels from champagne bottles, model soldiers, old proclamations, photographs and letters autographed by people who have made history in our era, and much, much more. Of particular interest is the stall offering everything for the collector of stamps, coins, postcards and photographs: it has every kind and shape of container.
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Inaugurated in 2005, the complex was designed by the architect Massimiliano Fuksas with eight pavilions, providing a total of 345,000 gross square metres of covered exhibition space and 60,000 square metres open-air. The new district outside Milan’s city centre is called Fiera Milano, while the exhibition centre in downtown Milan is now called Fiera Milano City. The new exhibition complex will host most of the trade exhibitions, particularly the largest, technical ones. The exhibition centre in downtown Milan will continue to hold events such as fashion shows and arts and crafts fairs. The two exhibition centres together, linked by the Milan Metro, offers the most vast and advanced trade fair and exhibition complex in the world. Among the most notable events in its joint calendar are: the International Crafts Selling Exhibition, held at the beginning of December, which highlights the tradition and culture of arts and crafts around the world. Here, the quality and beauty of handmade objects are the focus of the event,
together with the stories, music and tastes that accompany them. In April, the International Furniture Exhibition takes place, an established event in the furnishing sector, and not only for the Italian market. Drawing large numbers of people in the industry, the show has become increasingly large and important, to the extent that its role now goes beyond that of a trade fair or exhibition. Today, the International Furniture Exhibition is an occasion for meeting and exchange not only for furniture producers, but also for designers, trend-setters and architects, who want to keep up with the latest trends in a milieu full of innovative ideas. In September and January, the International Home Show, MACEF, is held. The show includes exclusive events for everything for the home, plus a wide range of goods for all the requirements and interpretations of living, in constant transformation and innovation: giftware, furnishing accessories, decoration and much more.
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Described as Milan’s sea, the site was built as a landing place for seaplanes in the late twenties. Following the decline of the seaplane as a means of transport, this large reservoir today is a centre for recreation and water sports, a purpose for which it has been used throughout its history, the first rowing races being held in 1934. Among the attractions is the island named Isola Fiorita, connected to the mainland by wooden bridges spanning forty metres. Around its edge beautiful flowerbeds make colourful displays in Spring and, in the thickets of reeds in the nearby docks, you can admire water birds and other animals. You can either go for a romantic stroll or run along the footpath going through it, doing a complete circuit of the reservoir. In the centre of the island is the monument to the Resistance, by the sculptor Mario Robaudi. The water sports practised at the Seadrome are water skiing with Cable Skis, canoeing (kayaking, Canadian canoeing, canoe polo), rowing, sailing (mainly with optimists) and finswimming (the current national championship team is based here). For purely safety reasons, bathing is possible only in an area marked off by buoys in front of the beach near the East Point.
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The yellow buoys mark the bathing area with a depth of 1.60 metres, the red buoys a depth of over 1.60 metres. There are many leisure activities for families, too, where they can spend some time relaxing and enjoying themselves. Activities range from sport to creative workshops and a children’s village. A great variety of attractions, some of them seasonal, and all in unique natural scenery, where you can discover wildlife just outside Milan. The most important sports clubs in the park are the Idroscalo Club (from the union of GNC and CKC), the Italian Navy League, and CPPC. Milan City Council and the company Live organize numerous events, festivals and concerts at the Seadrome.
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The Universal Exhibition Milan 2015 will be organized by the city of Milan from 31 March to 23 November 2015. The theme proposed for the Exhibition is Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. The idea is to include everything concerning food, from the problem of lack of food in some areas of the world, to nutrition to GMOs. Milan hosted the International Exhibition in 1906 with the theme of Transport. Expo 2015 will be an extraordinary universal event highlighting tradition, creativity and innovation in the food sector. It will bring together issues already discussed in previous editions of this event and present them in the light of new global scenarios. At the centre of these is the right to a healthy, safe and adequate diet for the whole planet. Expo 2015 will provide a fantastic opportunity for communication and promotion to all those involved in the food industry: the basic producers, farmers, food companies, the logistics and distribution chain, the restaurant and hotel sector, research centres and companies. In particular, it will benefit those intending to capitalize on the production innovations and technologies that generate a healthy food product; to increase the professional skills of management and staff and improve communication with the consumer regarding the preparation and preservation of foodstuffs; to guarantee the quality of food with appropriate systems for protecting against and monitoring for fake or adulterated
products. The Exhibition dedicated to food safety and quality is meant to be a showcase for the national economy and to represent the excellence in the food sector in Italy and Milan in the best way possible. The high quality of Italy’s food traditions are known and appreciated around the world. Italian food is popular because it is healthy and genuine, as pleasure, quality, taste, regional cooking and products, biodiversity and the health of men and animals are part of Italian culture and saper vivere, knowledge of life. The food industry in Italy, second in the country in size, numbers 36 thousand small and medium-sized companies, half a million workers and a turnover of 100 billion euros per year. This Italian excellence is the fruit of centuries of perfection of farming skills, production methods and of agricultural and livestock practices, as well as the result of choices made by the country’s food industry and commercial distribution system.
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Typical Milanese food deserves to be better known and appreciated, as it has some really delicious dishes to its repertoire. Often, these are the offspring of very frugal dishes, which have nonetheless become more elaborate over time. This is true not only for savoury dishes, but also desserts. The archetypal Milanese dish is saffron risotto, invented in 1574, according to tradition, by a pupil of Maestro Valerio di Fiandra, creator of the stained-glass windows of Milan cathedral. For saffron was used in the building yard to “brighten up” the silver yellow. Other first course dishes include busecca (tripe), a dish so rooted in Milanese traditions that the inhabitants of the city were nicknamed “busecconi”, or “tripe-eaters”. Another corner-
stone of Milanese gastronomy is cassoeula, a pork stew (made with sausage, pork rind and spare ribs, with green cabbage), not to mention the famous Milanese veal cutlet, found for the first time around 1500 at the court of the Sforzas, but whose “invention” was claimed by the Viennese. Actually, there are important differences in the two methods of cooking it: the Viennese cutlet is very thin and wide; it is coated first in flour, then in beaten egg and lastly in breadcrumbs. Famous Milanese desserts include panettone, a very old symbol of the city, which, as tradition has it, came from “the lords’ bread”. It is the special cake made only at Christmas, like the traditional dove-shaped cake made at Easter.
Milanese cutlet
Ingredients: 1 veal cutlet, cut the same thickness as the bone; 1 or 2 eggs; 100 g approx. of butter; breadcrumbs; salt. Preparation: Beat the eggs. Make small incisions into the edges of the cutlet to prevent it shsrinking during cooking. Coat the cutlet in the beaten egg and then the breadcrumbs, pressing hard so that it sticks well. Melt the butter in a non-stick frying pan and, as soon as it is hot, place the cutlet in it. Cook for about 6 minutes on each side, turning it over just once with the aid of a palette. Add salt to taste and serve. Excellent either hot or cold.
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MILAN Milanese risotto BINDING AREA: A4 PRINTED PAPER CLIP HERE, FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON PAGE 2, TO GET AN EASY GUIDE TO BRING WITH YOU!
Ingredients: 6 fistfuls of Italian risotto rice (Superfino, Carnaroli or Arborio variety); 30 g beef bone marrow; 70 g butter; 1 sachet of saffron; 1 onion; 1 lt of stock; grated cheese. Preparation: Chop the onoion finely and heat the stock. Melt the beef bone marrow in the butter over low heat; let the onion turn golden, then add the rice. Toast the rice and pour in the wine. Let the wine evaporate and continue cooking, adding a ladleful of stock each time it dries out and stir often. After ten minutes, dissolve the saffron in a ladleful of stock and add this to the risotto. Continue cooking for another ten minutes, continuing to add stock each time. Turn off the heat and add the grated cheese, stirring well to get a creamy consistency. Serve straight away, before it goes hard or starts to smell burnt.
Cassoeula
Ingredients: 500 g pork spare ribs; 100 g pork rind; ears, tail and muzzle of pork; 1 pig’s trotter cut in half; 4 verzini (Lombard speciality sausages); 1 large green cabbage; 50 g butter; 1 onion; 3 carrots; 1 celery stalk; 2 tablespoons of tomato concentrate; 1 ladleful of stock. Preparation: Slice the onion, chop the carrot and celery roughly, discard the outside leaves of the cabbage. If you want to make the dish lighter, boil the different parts of meat for quarter of an hour and throw away the cooking water. Otherwise, fry the onion in the butter and add the spare ribs, the trotter (cooked for 30 minutes in boiling water), the ears, the muzzle, the tail, the celery and carrot and brown everything well. Mix in a ladleful of stock in which you have dissolved the tomato concentrate, season with salt and pepper. Cook with the lid on, over a low heat, for two hours, adding hot water if required. Add the sausages cut into pieces and the cabbage and cook for a further half hour. Serve piping hot with polenta. This recipe is typical of the Milanese area, while in the Como, Brianza and Lecco areas, celery, carrot, tomato and pig’s trotters are not used. 45
Thanks to WiMi, a joint initiative by Milan City Council and the city’s public transport company, ATM, connecting to a free hotspot in the city is really easy. All you need is a laptop PC, a tablet or smartphone to have free and unlimited access to web portals of public interest, and an hour’s free access per day to all other websites. How to access the service? With WiMi, you can access the Internet conveniently and immediately in the area where the service is active. Any portable device with wi-fi can detect the WiMi network. When you click, the WiMi home page appears automatically on your device, giving a selection of websites of public interest to which access is unlimited, and a space to register for browsing the
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entire web. To browse any other website free of charge for up to an hour per day, you need to register. To do this, you must be in the area covered by the service and be connected to the WiMi network. On the home page, which comes up as soon as you connect, you need to insert your mobile phone number. A text message will immediately be sent to your mobile containing the password for access to the service. You will then be able to browse freely for a maximum of sixty minutes per day. This time allowance can be used at different times of the day. However, any minutes left over cannot be used for connection on any other day. The service is also available for users with mobile phone numbers outside Italy, but you must go to the ATM Point at Duomo, the cathedral.
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