© Leonardo da Vinci · Public domainLa CèneMailandLeonardo da Vinci’s *The Last Supper* is a mural painted between 1495 and 1498 on the end wall of the dining hall in the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. The work depicts the moment after Jesus tells his apostles that one of them will betray him, capturing their varied reactions of shock, anger and… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Prelvini · CC BY-SA 4.0stade Giuseppe-MeazzaMailandThe Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, known as San Siro, stands in the San Siro district of Milan. Built in 1925 as a private stadium for AC Milan, it later became a municipal ground and then the shared home of both Milan clubs. The stadium’s design drew from English models, with four separate stands and no athletics track. In… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Jakub Hałun · CC BY-SA 4.0dôme de MilanMailandMilan Cathedral stands in the heart of Milan, a vast Gothic church built over nearly six centuries. Its site was once the centre of Roman Mediolanum, where an earlier basilica dedicated to St Thecla stood by 355. The octagonal Paleochristian baptistery beneath the cathedral dates from 335 and can still be visited. The… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Jakub Hałun · CC BY-SA 4.0La ScalaMailandTeatro alla Scala stands in the heart of Milan, a grand opera house built on the site of a deconsecrated church. Its neoclassical façade faces a narrow street near the city’s cathedral, making it easy to reach yet quietly imposing. The theatre opened in 1778 with Antonio Salieri’s Europa riconosciuta, marking the… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Arbalete · CC BY-SA 3.0province de MilanLombardeiThe province of Milan once covered the heart of the Po Valley in northern Italy. Its flat lands stretched between the River Ticino on the west and the River Adda on the east. A web of rivers and canals, from the Lambro and Olona to the Navigli Milanesi, linked farmsteads and villages across the plain. The longest of… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
église Santa Maria delle Grazie de MilanMailandSanta Maria delle Grazie stands in the heart of Milan as a church and Dominican convent. The complex began as a small chapel before Duke Francesco Sforza commissioned a larger Gothic nave designed by Guiniforte Solari, completed by 1469. Later, Duke Ludovico Sforza expanded the church to serve as the Sforza family… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Gilberto Gaudio from Rome, Italy · CC BY 2.0ville métropolitaine de MilanLombardeiThe Metropolitan City of Milan is a large urban area in northern Italy. It covers the city of Milan and 132 smaller towns around it. Created in 2015, it replaced the old province and is now run by a mayor and council based in Palazzo Isimbardi in Milan. The city is Italy’s second most populous metropolitan area, with… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Jakub Hałun · CC BY-SA 4.0château des SforzaMailandThe Sforza Castle stands in the heart of Milan, a massive medieval fortress rebuilt in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza. It occupies the site of an earlier 14th-century Visconti castle and an even older Roman fortification. The castle’s outer walls once stretched for three kilometres, enclosing a vast area of… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Paolobon140 · CC BY-SA 4.0Galeries Victor-Emmanuel IIMailandThe Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II stands in the centre of Milan. It is Italy’s oldest active shopping arcade and a major landmark. The arcade links Piazza del Duomo to Piazza della Scala. A glass-and-iron roof covers the crossing of two arcades in an octagon. The dome above the octagon crowns the space. The structure… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0bibliothèque AmbrosienneMailandThe Biblioteca Ambrosiana stands in the centre of Milan, beside the churches of San Sepolcro and Santa Maria della Rosa. Founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, it was built to hold his vast collection of manuscripts and printed books. The library’s single room has a high coved ceiling and two large… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
