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Milan is a major international tourist destination, appearing among the most visited cities in the world, ranking second in Italy after Rome, fifth in Europe and sixteenth in the world. [18] [19] Milan is a major cultural centre, with museums and art galleries that include some of the most important collections in the world, such as major works ...
Milan – capital of Lombardy and the second most populous city in Italy after Rome. Milan is considered a leading Alpha Global City, [1] with strengths in the arts, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, services, research, and tourism. The city has long been named a fashion capital of the world and a ...
The remains of the Roman amphitheater of Milan, which are located in the courtyard of the Antiquarium of Milan During the Augustan age Mediolanum was famous for its schools; it possessed a theatre and an amphitheatre (129.5 X 109.3 m), the third largest in Roman Italy after the Colosseum in Rome and the vast amphitheatre in Capua . [ 32 ]
Duomo Di Milano, Front Facade, Milan, Italy Plate celebrating the laying of the first stone in 1386. Milan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano [ˈdwɔːmo di miˈlaːno]; Lombard: Domm de Milan [ˈdɔm de miˈlãː]), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (Italian: Basilica cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Nascente), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy ...
Most of Italy's greatest operatic artists, and many of the finest singers from around the world, have appeared at La Scala. The theatre is regarded as one of the leading opera and ballet theatres globally. It is home to the La Scala Theatre Chorus, La Scala Theatre Ballet, La Scala Theatre Orchestra, and the Filarmonica della Scala orchestra.
It is the tenth-largest country in Europe, covering an area of 301,340 km 2 (116,350 sq mi), [ 3] and third-most populous member state of the European Union, with a population of nearly 60 million. [ 16] Its capital and largest city is Rome; other major urban areas include Milan, Naples, Turin, Florence, and Venice .
2015. The Bosco Verticale ( Vertical Forest) is a complex of two residential skyscrapers designed by Boeri Studio (Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca, and Giovanni La Varra) and located in the Porta Nuova district of Milan, Italy. They have a height of 116 metres (381 ft) and 84 m (276 ft) and within the complex is an 11-storey office building.
The province of Milan (Italian: provincia di Milano) was a province in the Lombardy region of Italy.Its capital was the city of Milan.The area of the former province is highly urbanized, with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km 2, the third highest population density among Italian provinces, just below the densities of the provinces of Naples and of Monza e Brianza, the latter of which was created ...