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Art and culture in Lombardia
It is the capital of Lombardy and also the capital of their
county. In spite of being a smaller city that the very old
capital, Rome, Milan is the economic motor of Italy. There
the headquarters of the bag is as well as of most of the national
corporations. Milan is also one of the most important centers
in the industry of the fashion of the world and great rival
from Paris in Europe.
Their cultural offer is very wide. It has three University
and a Polytechnic Institute. It is headquarters of big editorials
and many of the newspapers and more diffused magazines of
Italy are published here. It can show off of having the
lyrical most famous theater in the world, Scala. And it is
one of the European cities where it takes place bigger
number of exhibitions and congresses, so much of cultural
character as commercial.
Milan is one of the cities with more and more historical
impressive buildings to know. Without a doubt, the main character
is Duomo, the Gothic biggest cathedral in the country. From
the Rebirth the Castle arrives Sforza. Multitude of churches
like Santa Maria delle Grazie and Sant'Ambrogio and
palaces conform the historical center of Milan.
Milan keeps unexpected corners, as the Monumental Cemetery,
composed had elaborated chapels and mausoleums. The art is
breathed in different points of the city, as Galleria of Art
Ambrosian, where they stay works of Leonardo it Gives
Vinci, Rafael or Caravaggio. The Lombard art school is perfectly
represented in Galleria of Art of Brera. From the neoclassicist,
until the beginnings of the XX century, the city keeps with
pride artistic numerous works in Galleria of Art of Brera.
Leonardo's more famous work, "The last Dinner",
is conserved in the Museum Cenacolo Vinciano. To know the
history of the city anything better than a visit to the Civic
Museum of Milan and the Municipal Museum of Risorgimento.
But Milan also has museums dedicated to other matters like
the cinema, the sciences, the naval engineering, etc. The
cultural rich variety that it offers is one of its big
attractiveness.
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Planetario Ulrico Hoepli
- Address: Corso Venezia
- Phone: 295-311-81
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Aquarius
- Address: Via Gadio
- Phone: 86-462-051
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Casa del Riposo del Musicista Giuseppe
Verdi
- Address: Piazza Buonarroti
- Phone: 52-30/46-24-74
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Monumental Cemetery
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Inaugurated in the year 1866, it conserves great
number of chapels and monuments of interest, carried
out by well-known artists of the XIX and contemporary
century. Of special interest it is the sarcophagus of
Alessandro Manzoni.
- Address: Piazzale Cimitero Monumentale
- Phone: 659-99-38
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Collection Lorenzi
- Address: Via Montenapoleone (Museo del Rasoio)
- Phone: 760-228-48
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Studio Treccani
- Address: Via Carlo Porta (Foundation Corrente)
- Phone: 657-26-27
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Foundation Antonio Mazzotta
- Address: Foro Bonaparte
- Phone: 87-81-97
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Foundation Arte e Civilizzazione
- Address: Viale Sabotino
- Phone: 583-036-35
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Foundation Minguzzi
- Address: Via Palermo (Nuovo Museo di scultura)
- Phone: 805-14-60
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Galleria di Arte Ambrosiana
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Works of Leonardo give Vinci, Rafael, and Caravaggio,
among other. Of this last one you can contemplate their
famous Basket of Fruits. Inside Palazzo dell'Ambrosiana
there is a magnificent library of the XVII century that
houses manuscripts of Leonardo it gives Vinci. The
Library was founded in the year 1609 by the Cardinal
Federico Borromeo. Nine years later it was transformed
into gallería whose collection was donated by
the cardinal. The collection continues growing after
centuries and at the present time squatter 24 rooms
of the building.
- Address: Piazza Pio XI
- Phone: 80-69-21
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Galleria di Arte di Brera
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In Pinacoteca of Brera, housed in an imposing castle
built by the Jesuit in the XVII century, one can admire
in the center of the patio the Statue of brass of Napoleon
carried out by Canova in 1811. Inside the pinacoteca
an unbeatable collection is contemplated of fresh of
the Lombard school and the best works in Bellini, Veronés,
Tintoretto, of Roberti, Piero della Francesca and Rafael,
among other, and an extensive representation of the
Italian best painters in the XV centuries - XIX, as
well as of foreign painters as the Greek one. Palazzo
Brera also houses the Academy of Fine arts.
- Address: Via Brera
- Phone: 72-26-31
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Galleria di Arte Moderna
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Installed in neoclassical Villa Comunale, built by
L. Pollack in the year 1790, it exhibits works of the
neoclassical period, of Cánova and Appiani among
other; of the romantic period, with Piccio, Hayez, Cremona,
Segantini and Thrived Rosso; and you work of the modern
period. It also exposes the collection Grassi, with
artistic objects and Italian and French paintings of
the XIX and XX centuries. A sector of the gallery is
dedicated to Marine Marini. In Padiglione of Contemporary
Art Italian important artists' works are shown as Boccion,
Carrá and Manzú.
- Address: Via Palestro
- Phone: 760-028-19
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Museo Civico di Milano
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Museo Municipale del Risorgimento
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Museo Bagatti Valsecchi
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Museo Cenacolo Vinciano
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Museo Civico studio di Francesco Messina
- Address: Ex Chiesa di Via S. Sisto
- Phone: 864-530-05
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Museo Civico Marino Ugo Mursia
- Address: Via Sant`Andrea
- Phone: 760-041-43
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Museo di Arte Contemporanea
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Located in Real restored Palace, built in the year
1778 by Piermarini, this museum shows a good collection
of futurist Italian art. The works of other Italian
artists of the last postwar period and the most recent
tendencies can also be seen.
- Address: Piazza Duomo
- Phone: 62-08-32-19
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Museo di Arte del Oriente e Etnografía
- Address: Via Mosé Bianchi
- Phone: 480-091-91
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Museo di Arte Paolo Pini
- Address: Via Ippocrate
- Phone: 662-123-25
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Museo delle Cere
- Address: Stazione Centrale
- Phone: 669-04-95
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Museo of Criminology and Weapons
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Museo di Storia Naturale
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Museo della Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio
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Dedicated to the pattern of the city Sant'Ambrogio,
it is the oldest basilica in Milan. It was built in
the year 376 and repaired, reconstructed and restored
from then on in numerous occasions. The museum houses
relics that date from the beginning of the basilica.
- Address: Piazza Sant'Ambrogio
- Phone: 864-508-95
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Museo di Santa Maria della Passione
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Museo of the Water
- Address: Via Cenisio
- Phone: 34-15-23
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Museo dell'Arte e Pinacoteca del Castello
Sforzesco
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Originally a strength of Visconti, it was remodeled
entirely by Francesco Sforza in the XV century. Leonardo
helped to design the defenses. Their modern museums
house an excellent sculpture collection, including the
'Pietá Rondani' it finishes it unfinished work
of Miguel angel. Other collections include a sample
of applied art and a gallery of painting with works
of Bellini, Tiepolo, Mantegna, Corregio, Titian and
a Van Dyck. Also, the part of the Archaeological museum
is in the basement.
- Address: Piazza Castello
- Phone: 620-839-40.
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Museo del Cinema Italiano
- Address: Via Manin (Palazzo Dugnani)
- Phone: 655-49-77.
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Museo del Collezionista di Arte (Foundation
Goffredo Matthaes)
- Address: Via SellA
- Phone: 720-224-88
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Museo del Duomo
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Sculpture Gothic red cabbage, French and renana of
the XIV and XV centuries, reliefs and Lombard statues.
The memories and scale models related with the construction
of the cathedral can also be seen.
- Address: Piazza Duomo
- Phone: 86-03-58
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Museo del Giocattolo e del Bambino
- Address: Via Pitteri (Palazzo di Martinitt)
- Phone: 264-115-85
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Museo Manzoniano (Casa - Museo di Alessandro Manzoni)
- Address: Via Morone
- Phone: 864-604-03
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Museo Municipale Archeologico
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This building houses the Greek sections, etrusca,
Roman and barbarian of the museum. It is about the objects
found in the excavations carried out in Milan but others
of diverse origin can also be seen. The other part of
the collection is in the plant basement of the Museum
of Castello Sforzesco.
- Address: Corso Magenta
- Phone: 86-45-00-11
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Museo Municipale Navale
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Museo Nazionale di Scienza e Tecnologia
Leonardo da Vinci
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Museo Poldi Pezzoli
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One of the private richest collections in the city
that picks up ornamental and artistic objects in 22
rooms, goldwork, brasses, clocks of the XVI centuries
to the XIX one and a cross decorated with paintings
attributed to Rafael. Among the paintings some works
teachers of Pollaiolo are exposed, Botticelli, Piero
della Francesca, Mantegna, Foppa and Guardi.
- Address: Via Manzoni
- Phone: 79-48-89
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Museo Teatrale alla Scala
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Attached to the theater of Scala. It is a temptation
melomaniac, with jewels like a reliquary with a cowlick
of hair of Mozart, a hand in stucco of Chopin, batons
of Toscanini, the mortuary mask of Puccini or the spinet
of the XVII century where it learned how to play
Verdi.
- Address: Piazza Scala
- Phone: 805-34-18
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Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
- Address: Via Brera
- Phone: 72-32-01
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Society of Fine Arts and Permanent
Exhibitionss
- Address: Via Turati
- Phone: 655-14-45
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Triennale di Milano
- Address: Viale Alemagna
- Phone: 72-43-41
- Fax: 890-106-93
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Duomo di Milano
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Gothic wonderful cathedral of bigger importance of
Italy. It has a longitude 157 meters and it occupies
a surface 11.700 square meters and a maximum height
108.50 meters that are reached in the needle of Madonnina,
the Virgin's statue created in golden copper in the
year 1769. Their construction began in 1386 for Gian
Galeazzo Visconti, several architects continued this
construction that didn't finish until last century.
The height and the light are really imposing. Their
facade, designed by Pellegrini in the year 1567, it
was carried out in the Napoleonic time with the Gothic
characteristic pinnacles. The apsidal area presents
a construction with three grandiose large windows traveled
by nervaduras that date of the XVI century, while the
lateral of the apse are decorated with numerous statues
of the XIV centuries - XIX. Special attention deserves
the presbytery that dates of final of the XVI century,
in the biggest altar one could see a brass baldachin
and a magnificent choir carried out in the XVI century.
The crypt, located under this altar, is work of Pellegrini
that also planned the facade. San Carlos' sepulchral
Camera Borromeo was carried out by F. M. Richini in
the year 1606 and in her it is the Saint's tomb;
to their side the Treasure is located. The Sacristy,
of final of the XIV century, it was carried out by Giacomo
it gives Campione and in the left side of the transepto
it highlights the Chandelier Trivulzio, carried out
in brass in the XIII century. To finish, they can visit
one another the opposing low architectural remains the
Cathedral, coming from the Roman time some, and others
of the Font of San Juan of the Source and of the Basilica
of Santa Key, two in the century IV.
- Address: Piazza del Duomo
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Santa Maria delle Grazie
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Their construction began Solari in the years 1466-1490
and it concluded in 1492 Twine, it is another representative
work of the Renaissance Gothic. In the interior the
cool airs of Butinone of the XV century and those of
G. can be admired Ferrari. Twine got a magnificent finish
in the Cloister with arcades maintained by fine columns
with beautiful capitals and in the Old Sacristy in whose
eardrum of the door leaves to the Virgin with Santos.
Leonardo gives Vinci he left captured his brilliant
idea in Cenacolo Vinciano in which one can admire, in
the wall of the bottom, the "Last Dinner"
painted by "Mona's creator Lisa" among the
years 1495 and 1497. This work was restored among the
years 1977 and 1999. The step of the centuries damaged
the mural that was before the restoration in a lamentable
state considerably.
- Address: Corso Magenta
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Cenacolo Vinciano
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Chiesa di San Gottardo in Corte
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Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio
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Been founded by the own Saint in the 386, this church
got the aspect that conserves nowadays in the XI and
XII centuries when following the cánones of the
style románico - Lombard. A high imposing facade
on an atrium of the year 1150 two majestic steeples,
of the centuries IX and XII, they open the way to the
interior, sheltered by crucería vaults. In the
central part they highlight a pulpit carried out with
fragments of the XI century and the presbytery baldachin
adorned with reliefs románicos - Byzantine of
the XII century. The biggest altar, carried out by Voivino
in the year 835, is really impressive since it is had
with sheets of gold and enameled silver, featured and
embossed with precious stones. In the crypt the sepulchers
of Sant'Ambrogio, San Gervasio and San Protasio can
be contemplated. They are important also the Oratory
of San Vittore in Ciel d'Oro, ornamented with mosaics
of the century V, the Piazza Canonical della carried
out by Twine in the year 1491. In the chapels located
throughout the ships paintings they are shown and fresh
of Bergognone, Luini and Lanino.
- Address: Piazza Sant'Ambrogio
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Chiesa De San Carlo al Corso
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Chiesa di San Satiro
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Chiesa di San Lorenzo Maggiore
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This church represents the most important rest in
the time paleocristiana since in Milan it dates of the
ends of the century IV and beginnings of V. In the wide
interior in a circular way, the chapel is of San Aquiline,
of the century IV, decorated with mosaics of the same
time.
- Address: Piazza Vetra
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San Simpliciano
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Basilica that dates of the century IV but that it
was reconstructed and restored in numerous occasions.
In the interior, it is worthwhile to see the Virgin's"
fresh "Coronation, painted by Bergognone in 1515.
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Santa Maria della Passione
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It was built around 1483 by G. Battagio, but the
Baroque facade dates of the XVIII one. It houses the
paintings of D. Crespi, B. Luini, Bergognone and G.
Ferrari. Also bill with a museum dedicated to the XVII
Lombard century.
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San Pietro in Gessate
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San Nazaro Maggiore
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The same as the church of Sant'Ambrogio, dates of
the bishop's time Sant'Ambrogio century IV. It was reconstructed
and remodeled in several occasions but their current
aspect is due to the reconstruction of the XI century.
The walls of the interior are decorated with fresh from
the XIII centuries to the XVI one.
- Address: Piazza San Nazaro Maggore
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Santa Maria Presso San Celso
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It demonstrates the typical characteristics of the
architecture of the XVI century. The facade is due to
G. Alessi and M. Bassi while the dome is of Dolcebuono.
Paintings of Moretto, G. can be seen Ferrari, Baris
Bordone and Bergognone in the interior.
- Address: Corso Italia
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San Eustorgio
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After Sant'Ambrogio, this is since the medieval most
important church in the city it was built among the
XI and XIII centuries. It highlights the steeple of
the same time. In the interior they highlight the triptych
of Borgognone and the chapel Portinari, of the principles
of the Rebirth and attributed to Michelozzo and decorated
with the cool airs of Foppa.
- Address: Corso di Porta Ticinese
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Monasteio Maggiore San Maurizio
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Chiesa del Santo Sepolcro
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Chiesa di San Babila
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Sant'Ambrogio
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Been founded by the own Saint in the 386, this church
got the aspect that conserves nowadays in the XI and
XII centuries when following the cánones of the
style románico - Lombard. A high imposing facade
on an atrium of the year 1150 two majestic steeples,
of the centuries IX and XII, they open the way to the
interior, sheltered by crucería vaults. In the
central part they highlight a pulpit carried out with
fragments of the XI century and the presbytery baldachin
adorned with reliefs románicos - Byzantine of
the XII century. The biggest altar, carried out by Voivino
in the year 835, is really impressive since it is had
with sheets of gold and enameled silver, featured and
embossed with precious stones. In the crypt the sepulchers
of Sant'Ambrogio, San Gervasio and San Protasio can
be contemplated. They are important also the Oratory
of San Vittore in Ciel d'Oro, ornamented with mosaics
of the century V, the Piazza Canonical della carried
out by Twine in the year 1491. In the chapels located
throughout the ships paintings they are shown and fresh
of Bergognone, Luini and Lanino.
- Address: Piazza Sant'Ambrogio
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San Lorenzo Maggiore
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This church represents the most important rest in
the time paleocristiana since in Milan it dates of the
ends of the century IV and beginnings of V. In the wide
interior in a circular way, the chapel is of San Aquiline,
of the century IV, decorated with mosaics of the same
time.
- Address: Piazza Vetra
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Monastero Maggiore
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Castello Sforza
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This castle is the civil main monument of the Milanese
Rebirth. Their construction began in the year 1450 for
Francesco Sforza on a building of the XIV (the decoration
was carried out by Galeazzo Maria Sforza and
Ludovico the Moor) century. The Castle is surrounded
by a moat fortified with towers in its vertexes and
with bastions embedded to the wall. In the center of
the facade the Tower of Filarete rises and under this
it is the main entrance. After crossing the arch
of the entrance the patio of weapons it appears,
in a rectangular way, and to the bottom of this lean
out several constructions like the Tower of Bonn of
Saboya of the year 1447 and Rochetta that are specially
beautiful as well as it is it Palace Ducale. Inside
the Castle there are artistic different samples as a
collection of engravings in Civic Raccolta I gave Stampe
Bertarelli. The Museum of the Castle contains archaeology
collections, numismatics, old art and applied arts.
Pinacoteca has a pictorial stupendous collection of
the XIV centuries - XVI, of teachers like Tintoretto,
Pontormo, L. Lotto, Giovanni Bellini, Bergognone, Mantegna
and Corregio, among other. It is also very remarkable
the Egyptian and Paleontological Section of the Museum
Archeologico, with a collection of utensils of the Lombard
cultures that go from the Paleolithic one to
the culture of Golasecca, Egyptian objects and a lapidary
one. As curiosity one can also enjoy with a collection
of musical instruments, with the twelve tapestries of
the Months of the Year carried out in 1503 and with
ceramic and arts applied in the rooms of Rocchetta.
- Address: To the northeast of Via Dante
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Parco Sapione
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An enormous green space of 47 hectares in which are
Palace of the Art, of the year 1933, headquarters of
the Triennial of Art, Civic Acquario, the Sand of 1807,
built by L. Canonical in style neoclassicist, the Arch
of the Peace works of the same artist of the years 1807-1838,
in the emperor's honor and the impressive 109 meters
high the Tower - Belvedere.
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Lakes Prealpinos
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Located to the north of Milan, in the border region
with Switzerland, the Lakes Prealpinos is those of more
extension and beauty of the country. They have a great
depth since it is supposed that they occupy graves glaciers
and they are located in a natural really beautiful mark.
They highlight the Lake of Orta in Piedmont, the biggest
Lake between Piedmont and Lombardy, the Lake Lugano
shared with Switzerland, the Lake Like in Lombardy,
very curious, the Lake Iseo, between Bérgamo
and Brescia, and the one bigger than all, the Lake of
Garda among Lombardy, Trentino and Veneto.
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Post Offices
- Address: Via Cordusio (Piazza Cordusio)
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Tourist Information Office
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Tourist Information Office Stazione
Centrale
- Address: Stazione Centrale
- Phone: 02-725-24-360
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Tourist Information Office City Hall
of Milán
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Phones for Tourist Information
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Police Stations
- Address: Via Fatebenefratelli
- Phone: 02-6-22-61
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