Famous monuments
Alessandro Manzoni in Piazza San Fedele
Colonne di San Lorenzo
Disc of Pomodoro
Fontana del Piermarini in Piazza Fontana
Mazzini’s monument in Piazza della Repubblica
Monumento Cinque Giornate
Napoleone of Canova in Brera
Statua di Oldrado da Trasseno del Palazzo della Ragione
San Carlo Borromeo in Piazza Borromeo
Leonardo’s monument in Piazza della Scala
Roman amphitheatre (scant remains)
Archi di Porta Nuova
Leonardo da Vinci’s Horse Statue at Hippodrome
“The Needle and the Yarn” in Piazza Cadorna
Castello Sforzesco
Castello Sforzesco (Sforza Castle)
Ca’ Granda (University of Milan)
Palazzo della Ragione
Palazzo Reale
Teatro alla Scala
Central Station (the Italian biggest station)
Palazzo Serbelloni
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Velasca Tower
Pirelli Tower (seat of Lombardy Region and the highest italian skyscraper)
New Milan Fair Complex of M. Fuksas (in Rho-Pero)
Culture & Art
Milan is one of the most important centres in the world for Opera lirica, with its famous Teatro alla Scala (La Scala, theatre).
The Biblioteca Ambrosiana contains drawings and notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci among its vast holdings of books, manuscripts and drawings and is one of the main repositories of European culture. The city is also the home of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts.
In the church Santa Maria delle Grazie can be found one of the most famous paintings of Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper (it: “Cenacolo”).
Museums & Exhibitions
Pinacoteca di Brera
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
Galleria d’Arte Moderna
Triennale di Milano
Castello Sforzesco
Museo Egizio
Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Museo della Preistoria e Protostoria
Museo dArte Antica
Palazzo Reale
Museo Teatro alla Scala
Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea
Museo di Storia Naturale
Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica “Leonardo da Vinci”
Galleria Vinciana
Museo Bagatti Valsecchi
Museo degli Strumenti Musicali
Museo delle Arti Decorative
Museo Archeologico
Museo di Milano
Museo di Storia Contemporanea
Museo del Risorgimento
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