One of Europe’s prominent fashion capitals, Milan is known for its cuisine, world class operas, churches, da Vinci’s Last Supper fresco and the list of things to do is just endless. In fact, most of Milan’s tourist attractions are accessible on foot, but shopping is probably the reason many people put Milan on their map. Extensive options of traditional Italian delicacies make this fascinating city stand out from other major cities in Italy.
Piazza del Duomo
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- City: Milan
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 a...
Piazza del Liberty
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- City: Milan
Piazza del Liberty is a 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 begi...
Piazza della Repubblica
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- City: Milan
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 go...
Piazza Della Scala
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- City: Milan
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 photogra...
Piazza Duca d'Aosta
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- City: Milan
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 peop...
Piazza Mercanti
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- City: Milan
A truly enchanting and tiny medieval square, hidden by the grand palaces in the central part of Milan. Here, in "Merchants' Sqaure" you get lovely Gothic and Renaissance-porticoed houses, and a well r...
Piazza San Babila
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- City: Milan
A 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 i...
Piazzale Cordusio
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Piazzale Cordusio is 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 econom...
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
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- City: Milan
The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, which also houses the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian Art Gallery named after the patro...
Pinacoteca di Brera
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- City: Milan
Founded in 1809 by Napoleon I and built on an ancient fourteenth-century convent of the Humiliaten, Pinacoteca di Brera is Milan's premier art gallery which houses one of the foremost collections of c...
Saint Ambrose Church
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- City: Milan
Saint Ambrose (Basilica di Sant' Ambrogio), in Piazza San Ambrogio. A beautiful and huge Byzantic/Romanic church which was almost destroyed by allied bombing in...
Saint Mary of the Graces
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- City: Milan
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...