Milan Italy

It is more about the lifestyle of enjoying worldly pleasures:
a paradise for shopping, opera,
and nightlife.

Traditionally, togheter with Paris, London and New York, Milan is a fashion capital and remains the marketplace for Italian fashion as well as cosmopolitan and multicultural city.

Aficionados, supermodels and international paparazzi are coming upon the city twice a year for its spring and autumn fairs.

The Duomo (Cathedral) is the symbol of the city, an undisputed masterpiece of Gothic architecture. It looks like a giant sand castle, with its tall spire of gilded copper on top of which stand out well 3,400 statues, including the beloved Madunina (Madonna). Inside, the space of a Latin cross shape make it one of the largest Churches in Europe (after St. Peter's in Rome and the Cathedral of Seville).

The church of St. Ambrose, a little further east is dedicated to the patron of the city, welcomes the people since the fourth century and is one of the oldest Churches in Italy. The style is Lombard Romanesque, but it is interesting also for works of art that are kept there, including the Shrine of San Vittore in Ciel d'Oro. The crypt, still inside, contains the bodies of St. Ambrose, St. Gervase and St. Protaso.

Although Milan is a large city, many of the main tourist attractions are within an easy and pleasant walk from one another.

From a tourist point of view, it is an interesting site, with numerous cultural monuments like, first of all, the Duomo and the Sforzesco Castle and museums: the Cenacolo, Civic Gallery, Civic Museum and Art Gallery, Archaeological Museum and lots more.

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