Milan Culture and Sights

Milan's great meeting place, somewhere to see and be seen, to shop and to enjoy life. Il salotto, the parlour of the city with bars, restaurants, shops (including many bookshops), is a worldly temple o...

A castle, a museum, a showpiece. The castle of the ruling families of Milan came to exist to allow them to live in safety from their own subjects - and not to protect the city from outside enemies. The...

Leonardo's masterpiece which has gone down in art history just like the wide screen did in cinematic history. It is necessary to make an advance appointment to view Leonardo's world-famous wall paintin...

Admire Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. The range covered by the different collections is breathtaking. There are Lombardic sculptures from late classical antiquity to Baroque, North Italian paintin...

The Basilica dates to S. Ambrogio (386), who dedicated it to the Apostles, later accomodating the remains of San Nazaro; since the IV cent. it has been in cross plan.

A fascinating insight into the history of early Christianity. The three-part church is the most important medieval architectural monument of the city. Inside, have a look at the wonderful choir mosaic,...

A leafy oasis to take a breather, play and relax. The landscape architect Emilio Alemagna created this splendid park around 1890: with memorials, a fountain arrangement by Giorgio De Chirico ("Bagni Mi...

The Civic Natural History Museum has 5 sections: minerals, geology and palaeontology, zoology, entomology and botanics. It can be reached by subway M1, Palestro stop.

address: Piazza del Duomo, Milano 20121