Milan is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed region in Italy. The city proper has about 1,308,500 inhabitants (2004), but the population of the urban area (the real city) including the hinterland is about 4,5 million and is called La Grande Milano (Greater Milan, 1,981 square kilometres). The metropolitan area, calculated with European terms have more than 7 Million of inhabitants and covered an area similar to the one of Paris.
The so called Città Regione (The City Region) claims more than 9.4 million inhabitants.
This isn't a Metropolitan Area with European terms, but similar to the USA consolidated Metro Area.
Architecture & Places
Principal churches
Duomo (Milan cathedral)
Sant'Alessandro
Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio
Santa Maria delle Grazie (with Leonardo's "Last Supper") San Babila San Bernardino alle Ossa Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio Basilica di San Lorenzo Pirelli Tower, MilanSan Marco Santuario di Santa Maria dei Miracoli Santa Maria del Carmine Basilica di San Nazaro Maggiore Santa Maria presso San Satiro San Sebastiano San Simpliciano Santo Stefano Maggiore
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 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
Notable architecture
Duomo
Castello Sforzesco (Sforza Castle)
Ca' Granda (University of Milan)
Palazzo della Ragione
Palazzo Reale
Teatro alla Scala
Central Station (the biggest Italian 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) [edit] Culture & Art
A greengrocer in central Milan with a sign in Milanese, the local dialect, claiming to be 'the oldest greengrocer of Milan' (l'ortolán pü?ee vêcc de Milan)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 d’Arte 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
Theaters
Teatro alla Scala
Arcimboldi
Piccolo teatro
Teatro Lirico
Teatro Carcano
CRT - Teatro dell'Arte
Manzoni
Ventaglio Nazionale
Nuovo
Nuovo Piccolo Teatro
Piccolo Teatro di Milano
San Babila
Smeraldo
Ciak
Della 14a
Filodrammatici
Litta
Olmetto
Out Off
L'Elfo
Porta Romana
Franco Parenti
Teatro Studio
Verdi
