- The second largest city in Italy, located in the northern Lombardy region, is a global capital of fashion and . Home to the national stock exchange, it’s a financial hub also known for its high-end restaurants and shops. The Gothic Duomo di Milano cathe- dral and the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent, housing Leonardo da Vinci’s mural “The Last Supper,” testify to centuries of art and culture. Being in the center of the region, Milan is an excellent center from which to visit the Italian Lake District, the music capital of Cremona and several other historic towns.

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1. Duomo Milan 6. Teatro alla Scala 2. 7. Day Tours from Milan: Lake Iseo and South Tyrol 3. Santa Maria della Grazie 8. Lago di Como 4. Sempione Park 9. Lago di Garda 5. Sforzesco Castle 10. Lago Maggiori 1. Duomo Milan 2. Pinocoteca di Brera Dedicated to the Main public gallery Nativity of St Mary, in the . construction com- It contains one of the foremost collec- menced in 1386 and tions of Italian was completed in , an out- 1965. growth of the cultur- al program of the Brera .

3. Santa Maria della Grazie 4. Sempione Park Dominican convent A large green-space and a UNESCO close to the Castello World Heritage Sforzesco. Built be- Site. The church tween 1890 and 1893 contains the mural imitating a typical Eng- of The Last Supper lish garden. Other by Leonardo da buildings include Ac- Vinci, which is in quario Civico, Arena the refectory. Civico & Arco della Pace.

5. Sforzesco Castle 6. Teatro alla Scala

Originally a fortress World renowned Opera and home to the rul- House founded in 1778 ing Sforza family. and seating over 2000. Built in the 15th cen- Opera history is told in tury, it is now the HQ the Museo teatrale alla of the Milan Civic Scala. Museums.

Day Tours from Milan 7. South Tyrol 8. Lago di Como A World Heritage site around Lake Iseo. Discov- An upscale resort area er the great wine produc- known for its dramatic ing areas around Fran- scenery in the foothills ciacorta. Perhaps venture of the Alps. From the into the high mountain the city of Como a passes leading into Aus- funicular travels up to tria. Great restaurants. the mountain town of Brunate.

9. Lago di Garda 10. Lago Maggiore

The largest lake in The second largest Italy, on the edge of lake in Italy and the largest in southern the Dolomites. A Switzerland. The lake popular holiday loca- and its shoreline are tion between Milan divided between the and Venice. Italian regions of Piedmont and Lom- bardy and the Swiss canton of Ticino.