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Street-by-Street: the Fashion District

Via montenapoleone represents the elegant heart of milan and is one of the four
sides of the so-called quadrilatero or fashion district (the other three sides are Via
manzoni, Via Sant’andrea and Via della Spiga). When strolling through this district,
besides the shops of some of the top italian and international fashion designers,
you will see grand neo-Classical aristocratic residences such as Palazzo melzi di
Cusano, at no. 18 Via montenapoleone, built in 1830. Via bigli, on the other hand,
is lined with 16th- and 17th-century palazzi with porticoed courtyards.

5 Archi di Porta Nuova
This city gate, once part
of the medieval walls, is
decorated with copies of
1st-century AD Roman
tombstones. Left, a stele
representing a family. V I A D e L L A S P I g A

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Under the Portico
del Lattèe (milk-
man’s arcade) is
the wall of the V I A B I g L I
demolished church
of San Donnino
alla Mazza.
2 . Museo Poldi Pezzoli
The Portrait of a Young Lady (15th century),
attributed to Antonio Pollaiolo, is the
symbol of this museum created by Gian
Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli. Besides paintings by 0 metres 50
Mantegna, Piero della Francesca and Bellini, 0 yards 50
it has rugs, armour and precious ceramics.

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