
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
The Pinacoteca Ambrosiana occupies the Palazzo dell’Ambrosiana, in Milan. Federico Borromeo founded it in 1618. Its initial collection was expanded with later donat…
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The Pinacoteca Ambrosiana occupies the Palazzo dell’Ambrosiana, in Milan. Federico Borromeo founded it in 1618. Its initial collection was expanded with later donat…
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The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio is a Romanesque church in the centre of Milan. Bishop Ambrose initiated the construction of the first church on this site.
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The Pinacoteca di Brera holds a collection of Italian painting in Milan. It occupies the Palazzo Brera and shares the building with the Academy of Fine Arts.
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The Fashion Quadrilateral is an area dedicated to luxury shopping in the centre of Milan. Via Monte Napoleone is the main street at the heart of the district.
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The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is a covered shopping arcade that links the squares of the Duomo and La Scala. Its central space is topped by a glass dome.
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La Scala is an opera house in Milan. It opened its doors on 3 August 1778 with an opera by the composer Antonio Salieri.
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The Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology opened in 1953. It occupies the former monastery of San Vittore al Corpo in Milan. Its collections c…
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The Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano occupies part of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The former refectory preserves The Last Supper, the mural by Leonardo da V…
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The Duomo is Milan’s cathedral and is dedicated to the Nativity of Mary. Construction began in 1386 and used marble from the quarries at Candoglia.
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The Monumental Cemetery of Milan opened in 1866. The main entrance passes through the Famedio, a building of stone and marble that houses the tombs of prominent fig…
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The Museo del Novecento occupies the Palazzo dell’Arengario and part of the neighbouring Palazzo Reale in Milan. Its permanent collection brings together art of the…
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The Navigli of Milan are a historic network of navigation and irrigation canals. The Darsena receives water from the Naviglio Grande and feeds it into the Naviglio…
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Porta Nuova is a district of Milan that took shape through an urban renewal project. The pedestrian square of Piazza Gae Aulenti and the Vertical Forest towers are…
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San Siro is Milan’s Giuseppe Meazza Stadium. It opened in 1926 in the neighbourhood that gave it its name and is the historic home of Milan and Inter.
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Sempione Park is a public garden in Milan located next to Sforza Castle. It was created in the late nineteenth century to a design by Emilio Alemagna.
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The Sforza Castle is a fortress in Milan. Francesco Sforza rebuilt it in the fifteenth century on the site of an earlier fortification. The complex houses municipal…
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Triennale Milano is based in the Palazzo dell’Arte, designed by Giovanni Muzio. The institution organises exhibitions and houses the Italian Design Museum.
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