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INTRODUCING MILAN  31

MILAN AT A GLANCE

One of the many clichés about Milan is that it any other city centre in Italy. The museums
is a practical, industrious, even drab city, wholly and galleries are among the finest in Northern
dedicated to work and the world of commercial Italy, and many of the leading figures in the
gain. In fact, besides being a leading metropolis fields of Italian art, design, culture and politics
in Europe from a financial standpoint and in were either born in Milan or achieved success
terms of productivity, it is also rich in history and here. The following eight pages will provide
culture, architecture and art. The historic centre brief descriptions of some of the major aspects
has no single dominating architectural style, of the city, while below is a selection of top
and the buildings are perhaps more varied than attractions that no visitor to Milan should miss.

Milan’s Top Ten Attractions

Ca’ Granda
Teatro alla Scala Pinacoteca Ambrosiana See p99
Sant’Ambrogio See pp54–5 See pp58–61
See pp86–9

San Lorenzo alle Colonne
See pp82–3 Abbazia di Chiaravalle
See pp104–5 Duomo
See pp48–51

Castello Sforzesco Pinacoteca di Brera The Last Supper
See pp66–9 See pp116–19 See pp74–5
Ornate interior of the Gothic-style Duomo

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