Duomo
Cathedral of Santa Maria Nascente, shortly Milan Cathedral or Duomo di Milan, is situated in Piazza del Duomo and it is the third largest church of Christianity (surpassed only by St. Peter in Rome and the Cathedral of Seville). The Duomo is no doubt a delight for the eyes of every tourist. Although most of the key elements of the Duomo were complete by 1391, the construction lasted almost 500 years to be carried out. Some maintenance and reconstruction work is currently taking pl...
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Stadio San Siro
There are several famous stadiums in the world when it comes to Italy and none compares to San Siro Stadium in Milan. It is the biggest stadium in Italy with a capacity of 80,000 seats, or distinctive design makes it easily recognizable. Because the San Siro stadium that is playing two of the biggest teams in Italy are major football matches every weekend. Stadium in Milan is known by many names and reasons for this are more complicated than you might think.
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Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Right in the heart of Milan, right between Duomo and La Scala Theatre, there is the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II built between 1860 and 1870. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is another monument for King who unified Italy, as Rome Vittorio Emmanuele monument is enormous. May be called the shopping mall, but is very stylish. Found very high ceiling is made of iron and glass domes.
Gallery was designed by Giuseppe Megnoni who unfortunately...
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Leonardo da Vinci National Science & Technology Museum
National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci hosts a vast collection consists of over ten thousand songs, both original objects and models, or models, displayed in a space of 23,000 square meters. Museum's collections shows the history of science and technology through exhibits such as models of objects by Leonardo da Vinci. The museum also has some audio devices and exhibits about the metallurgy and the first engines. National Museum of Science and Technology Leona...
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Theatre Museum at La Scala
Perhaps the most important work in the world, La Scala in Piazza della Scala, has a newly renovated auditorium of red velvet. Among the spectators at these special performances of Italian operas and ballets are often high-ranking dignitaries from around the world. If you want to assist in a show at La Scala have to book tickets long before the start of the season.
Designed by Piermarini, the theater was built between 1776 and 1778 under the...
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Santa Maria delle Grazie
Possibly the main target that attract more tourists in Milan is Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece - The Last Supper. Between 1495 and 1497, Leonardo painted this masterpiece of confusion and betrayal on the wall of the dining hall in time when Santa Maria delle Grazie was a Dominican monastery. Leonardo's fresco has been called "the saddest work of art in the world" - in part because of deteriorated even before being completed, probably because the priests preparing t...
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Pinacoteca di Brera
Pinacoteca di Brera is an extraordinary art collection that includes works of Bramante and Caravaggio in what is often considered the most beautiful collection of art in Lombardy. Pinacoteca di Brera was originally a collection of paintings by students at the Accademia di Belle Arti which is in the same building. The paintings have been collected from churches and monasteries suppressed by Napoleon's regime.
Although it can not compet...
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Museum of Historic Art of the Sforzesco Castle
After the Duomo, Castello Sforzesco in Milan is the main tourist attraction because of the 12 mini-museums and other objects dating from the Paleolithic until 1950. Castle was the residence of the noble Visconti family since 1368 and later restored to splendor by page through restoration in Sforza family of aristocrats 1450s. The whole court was assembled here a few decades later when Ludovico 'we Moro' was regarded as one of the most refined people in Europe. Castle began to dete...
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Tempio della Vittoria
Tempio della Vittoria is a marble memorial that is near the barracks of Garibaldi. It was inaugurated on November 4, 1928 at the 10th anniversary of Vittorio Veneto - battle won by the Italians in World War. This monument commemorates war dead milanezii. Memorial has been cause for controversy from the early days of the project led by Giovanni Muzio in collaboration with his team consisting of CABI Ottavio, Alberto Novello and Gio Ponti Alpago.
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Ector said:
I was in Duomo.
I suggest ever traveller that place!