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Italy is known for its relaxed mannerisms and enjoyments of bringing people around a table for delectable food and lighthearted enjoyment. Although Milan enjoys this aspect of the national culture, its residents are tuned in to a faster pace as they operate within the leading financial center and the most prosperous manufacturing and commercial city in Italy. The architecture and design is representative of this progressive city, merging classical traditions with the excitement of futuristic and modern design.
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Milan, Italy
Anteo Palazzo del Cinema
From Neorealism to Giallo, the arthouse film is celebrated at this multipurpose theater and gathering space dedicated to cinema.
Milan, Italy
Marchesi 1824
Beginning solely as a confectioner, the shop garnered a widespread reputation.
Milan, Italy
Porta Sempione
Napoleon commissioned it to celebrate his victories. The Austrians finished it. The bas-reliefs show his defeat at Leipzig.
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Milan, Italy
Castello Sforzesco
Leonardo frescoed the walls. Napoleon tore down the fortifications. Michelangelo's last sculpture now rests inside.
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Milan, Italy
Casa Manzoni
Alessandro Manzoni rewrote Italy's most famous novel in this house to help unify the national language after 1861.
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Milan, Italy
Church of St. Maurice in Major Monastery
A beheading fresco allegedly depicts the Countess of Challant, who was executed in 1526 for orchestrating her lover's murder.
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Milan, Italy
Hotel Principe di Savoia
Named for Italy's royal family, this 1927 hotel later housed German officers, then went back to hosting queens and presidents.
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Milan, Italy
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Good luck, bad omens, great coffee: welcome to Milan's drawing room.
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Milan, Italy
Marchesi 1824
Seven Marchesi generations ran this pasticceria before Prada bought it in 2014. The panettone recipe remains unchanged.
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Milan, Italy
Teatro alla Scala Museum
Milan outbid J.P. Morgan in a 1911 Paris auction to keep opera history home.
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Milan, Italy
Turati Station
This Milan Metro station was conceived and built to accommodate crowds for the 1990 Football World Cup.
Milan, Italy
Teatro Gerolamo
Originally a marionette theatre, this Milanese performing arts venue was reopened in 2017 following a restoration that renewed its 19th century glory.
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Milan, Italy
Milan Metro
Currently the leading train system in all of Italy, this metro system won the most prestigious design award in Italy in 1964.
Milan, Italy
Teatro Franco Parenti
This venue for experimental and independent theater works has premiered performances that have come to define the country's cultural history.
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Milan, Italy
Teatro alla Scala
Founded in 1778 and regarded as one of the leading opera and ballet theaters in the world
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Milan, Italy
Pinacoteca di Brera
One of the first and most important museums in Milan, housing over 400 works from the 14th to the 20th century by master painters.
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Milan, Italy
Milano Ristorazione
Located in a historic trading neighborhood of Milan, Italy this municipal catering company was once a fish market. It now prepares meals for Milanese school children.
Milan, Italy
Fondazione Prada
Founded by fashion designer Miuccia Prada and her husband Patrizio Bertelli, this art institute is housed in a former 1910's gin distillery.
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Milan, Italy
Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci
Dedicated to the Italian painter and scientist Leonardo de Vinci, this museum is the largest science and technology museum in Italy and features the Elea 9003 mainframe computer.
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Milan, Italy
Bar Luce
This Milanese bar actually falls under the category of "Intentionally Wes Anderson" as the director designed the interior himself.
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