Page 48 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Milan & The Lakes

46  MILAN AREA B Y AREA

Street-by-Street: Piazza
del Duomo

Piazza del Duomo, designed by Giuseppe
Mengoni and opened in 1865 after protracted 5 San Fedele
difficulties, is the ideal starting point for a visit This church, a
typical example of
to Milan’s historic centre. The area is packed with Counter-Reformation
visitors fascinated by the “great machine of the architecture, is
Duomo”, as Alessandro Manzoni describes the popular with the old
cathedral in The Betrothed. There are numerous Milanese aristocracy.
spots where the Milanese like to meet for an Casa degli Omenoni
aperitif on Sunday morning. Young people
prefer to go to Corso Vittorio Emanuele II,
which has most of the cinemas as well
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3 . Teatro alla Scala
This was the first monument
in Milan to be rebuilt after the M E N G O N I
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Piazza Mercanti and Palazzo
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Zucca in Galleria is a popular
café, decorated with mosaics
and decor dating from 1921.

2 . Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II 0 metres 100
The Galleria was one of the first iron and glass
constructions in Italy. 0 yards 100

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Eyewitness Travel LAYERS PRINTED:
Starsight template “UK” LAYER
(Source v2.7)
Date 24th April 2013
Size 125mm x 217mm