ITALY – MILAN BEST THINGS TO SEE
WELCOME TO MILAN! THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN ITALY AFTER ROME, AND THE CAPITAL OF LOMBARDY, WITH STRENGHTS IN THE FIELD OF ART, DESIGN, SERVICES AND TOURISM, AS IT IS HOME TO MANY CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES. THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORK OF MILAN IS WELL-DEVELOPED, IT IS THE BEST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IN ITALY, SO IT IS A VERY GOOD WAY TO DISCOVER THE CITY, STARTING WITH THE MILAN CATHEDRAL, IL DUOMO, THE LARGEST GOTHIC CATHEDRAL IN THE WORLD, WHOSE CONSTRUCTION TOOK NEARLY SIX CENTURIES TO COMPLETE, SINCE IT HOSTS MORE THAN 3,000 STATUES. NEXT TO THE MILAN DUOMO YOU CAN FIND THE GALLERIA VITTORIO EMANUELE THE 2ND, A LANDMARK OF MILAN. TRADITION SAYS THAT IF A PERSON SPINS AROUND THREE TIMES WITH THE RIGHT HEEL ON THE TESTICLES OF THE BULL, THIS WILL BRING GOOD LUCK. I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUE, BUT WHAT IS CERTAIN IS THAT THE GALLERIA WAS THE FIRST SHOPPING MALL IN ITALY, SO IT’S NOT STRANGE THAT MILAN HAS BECOME ONE OF THE FASHION CAPITALS IN EUROPE. IF YOU WANT TO LIVE MILAN LIKE A LOCAL YOU CAN RENT A BIKE AND ATTEND ONE OF THE MANY EVENTS THE CITY OFTEN ORGANIZES, AND SINCE FOOD IS A FIXTURE IN ITALY A GREAT WAY TO DISCOVER MILAN IS HAVING A ROMANTIC DINNER ON A HISTORICAL TRAM. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO DO IN MILAN, MOST OF THEM INVENTED BY ITS VERY POPULAR CITIZEN LEONARDO DA VINCI.
MILAN WAS THE FORMER CAPITAL OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE, THE DUCHY OF MILAN AND THE KINGDOM OF LOMBARDY–VENETIA. THE CITY PROPER HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 1.4 MILLION, WHILE MILAN METROPOLITAN CITY HAS 3.26 MILLION INHABITANTS. MILAN IS THE FOURTH LARGEST METROPOLITAN CITY IN THE EU WITH 5.27 MILLION INHABITANTS.
MILAN BUSINESS DISTRICT HOSTS ITALY’S STOCK EXCHANGE AND THE HEADQUARTERS OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BANKS AND COMPANIES.
MILAN HAS THE SECOND-LARGEST ECONOMY AMONG EU CITIES AFTER PARIS, AND IS THE WEALTHIEST AMONG EU NON-CAPITAL CITIES. MILAN IS CONSIDERED PART OF THE BLUE BANANA AND ONE OF THE “FOUR MOTORS FOR EUROPE”.
THE CITY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE WORLD’S FOUR FASHION CAPITALS THANKS TO SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL EVENTS AND FAIRS, INCLUDING MILAN FASHION WEEK AND THE MILAN FURNITURE FAIR, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY AMONG THE WORLD’S BIGGEST IN TERMS OF REVENUE, VISITORS AND GROWTH.
MILAN HOSTS MANY CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, ACADEMIES AND UNIVERSITIES, WITH 11% OF THE NATIONAL TOTAL ENROLLED STUDENTS. MILAN IS THE DESTINATION OF 8 MILLION OVERSEAS VISITORS EVERY YEAR, ATTRACTED BY ITS MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES THAT INCLUDE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING MAJOR WORKS BY LEONARDO DA VINCI.
MILAN IS SERVED BY MANY LUXURY HOTELS AND IS THE FIFTH-MOST STARRED IN THE WORLD BY MICHELIN GUIDE. MILAN IS HOME TO TWO OF EUROPE’S MOST SUCCESSFUL FOOTBALL TEAMS, A.C. MILAN AND F.C. INTERNAZIONALE, AND ONE OF EUROPE’S MAIN BASKETBALL TEAMS, OLIMPIA MILANO. MILAN WILL HOST THE 2026 WINTER OLYMPICS TOGETHER WITH CORTINA D’AMPEZZO.
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