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guide city to the sale for not Copy [email protected][email protected] I 1 008/05/128/05/12 19.049.04 Comune di Milano Published by Settore Politiche del Turismo Iniziative Speciali e Marketing Territoriale di De Agostini Libri S.p.A. Via Dogana, 2 20121 Milano Director Paolo Andreoni Director Massimiliano Taveggia Product Manager Licia Triberti, Davide Gallotti Development and monitoring of tourism Editorial project Sergio Daneluzzi Federica Savino Local promotional portal Editorial Manager Patrizia Bertocchi Gioachino Gili Content supervision Editing and Mauro Raimondi Iconographic Research Marco Torriani with Alessandra Allemandi Graphic Design and Layout Sandra Luzzani with Vando Pagliardini and Raffaella Piccolo Text by Monica Berno Technical Prepress Services Andrea Campo Technical Coordination Guido Leonardi Activate the QR code on your smartphone. Each itinerary has a code offering access to the Guide’s special content. Photo credits DeAgostini Picture, Archivio Alinari, Alessandro Casiello, Marco Clarizia, Contrasto, Corbis, Gianni Congiu, Marka, Mauro Ranzani, Andrea Scuratti, Vando Pagliardini, Michela Veicsteinas [email protected] II 17/05/12 11.31 contents Introduction 2 Map of the city/Center of the city 4 Milan and its History 8 1 Exploring the City Centre 10 2 Ancient Roman and Medieval Milan 12 3 The Renaissance and the Baroque 14 4 The Neoclassical Age and the 19th-Century 16 5 The Great Churches of Milan 18 6 The Buildings of Milan 22 7 The Museums of Milan 26 8 Contemporary Art in Milan 30 9 Milan: a City of Science 34 10 Parks and Waterways 36 11 Shopping in Milan 40 12 Entertainment, Sports and Leisure 42 13 Outside Milan 44 Expo Milano 2015 46 Useful Information 48 [email protected]_GUIDA_COMUNE_MILANO@001 1.in dd 1 1 008/05/128/05/12 17.267.26 Welcome 2 [email protected] _GUIDA_COMUNE_MILANO@002-003. 1indd 2 008/05/128/05/12 17.287.28 Dealing with a great city like Milan demands a comprehensive overview, which is why we have prepared this handy, complete guidebook, offering the key to the treasures of the city and its surroundings. We have chosen a simple format, ideal when strolling around the city, comprising 13 itineraries covering art, history, culture and nature. Essential, up-to-date information will guide you through the best the city has to offer, as well as to a number of unexpected treasures off the beaten track, just waiting to be explored. This guidebook is our way of welcoming you to our city, and of thanking you for choosing Milan. We are certain you won’t be disappointed. For centuries, Milan has captured the interest of the world by its dynamism, creativity and innovation. This energy refl ects the love of life its inhabitants have ever offered to Europe and the world at large. While sauntering through the streets of Milan, visiting its museums and basilicas, doing a spot of shopping, or exploring the ancient waterways of Lombardy, you will fi nd yourselves drawn into the special atmosphere of the city, sharing in its positivity and drive. Milan loves nothing better than a challenge, and the 2015 Word Expo will be no exception. The city is preparing to open its doors to the world, and of course to you. This guidebook is our answer to an equally important challenge, that of enticing you back to Milan, attracted by that subtle fascination that welcomes and enchants all. Enjoy your stay in Milan. Giuliano Pisapia Mayor of Milan [email protected]_GUID 3A_COMUNE_MILA NO@002-003. 1indd 3 008/05/128/05/12 17.287.28 Musocco StStaz.az. VIVILLALLA MiMilanoMilllanoano CertosaCertCertososaosa DONADON ViVia a GallarateGGall Staz. Bovisa ararate CERTOSA DI GAREGNANO Bovisa FF.N..N. Staz. V . Villapizzone Map Vi ale Jenner ale CertosaVa Vi re sina ia ViaV altellina of the city ValtellinaV acula CIMITERO a B MONUMENTALE Parcoco 170 avi Lampugnano M. Stella alc Staz. Cav C.s Bullona F.N.F.N. o 4 20 ddii 27 P. San Siro IPPODROMO Sempione 10 S. 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Morsenchio 1 Corvetto Rogoredo 9 VigentinoVVigentgentinoi no 6 TTriulzoriulzlzo 1.1 Nosedo [email protected] 5 17/05/12 11.28 1 11 6 Center 10 12 2 17 5 13 of the city 8 7 2 6 15 11 6 5 2 10 10 3 1 3 14 17 2 3 3 14 20 13 11 4 7 8 20 4 9 5 5 5 5 15 12 7 6 2 Artistic monument 7 2 Civil building, sports centre legend Artistic civil building 6 Other buildings 11 Garden, green area 8 4 Pedestrian area Area with traffi c restriction [email protected]_GUIDA_COMUNE_MILANO@006-007. 1indd 6 6 009/05/129/05/12 15.455.45 6 9 16 10 3 6 1 2 8 25 19 22 8 3 9 18 19 7 9 4 6 12 6 7 4 4 24 14 4 17 15 3 13 16 7 6 13 16 1 4 14 10 15 2 6 19 5 19 5 4 14 13 13 3 12 3 3 11 1 2 1 7 8 1 2 1 21 5 15 9 16 17 6 15 1 1 23 7 10 4 7 18 [email protected]_GUIDA_COMUNE_MILANO@006-007. 1indd 7 7 009/05/129/05/12 15.455.45 The fi rst traces of a settlement in the Milan area date back to the 6th-5th century B.C., when the area was inhabited by the Insubrian Gauls. The village’s Celtic name, which has come down to us in its Latinised form, Mediolanum, seems to have meant “land amidst the rivers” or “the plains”. Finally conquered by the Romans in 194 B.C., the city became the residence of Emperor Maximian and capital of the Western Roman Empire in A.D. 286. After the A.D. 313 Edict of Constantine - promulgated in Milan - it became a centre of great importance due to the consolidation of the new Christian religion thanks to the work of Ambrose, elected Bishop in 374. Many of Milan’s churches (such as Sant’Ambrogio, Sant’Eustorgio and San Lorenzo) are in fact of The scrofa semilanuta, or half-woolly sow, in a paleochristian origin. When the court moved to Ravenna (A.D. 402), Milan saw the bas-relief on the Palazzo beginning of a period of decline. From the end of the 5th century to the 8th century della Ragione recalling the city was devastated by Attila and the Huns, by Goths and by Byzantines; following the legendary origins the Lombard conquest of 569, the new kingdom set up its capital in Pavia. of the city’s name. Belloveso, chief of the Not until the Carolingian period (9th–10th century) did the city become an important Celts, founded Milan centre again, above all thanks to its count-bishops. In the 12th century the growth in the place where a of the city of Milan attracted the attention of Emperor Frederick I of Swabia, who half-woolly sow (“medio attempted to subdue it and, when faced with resistance, destroyed it completely in lanae” in Latin) had been found just as the oracle 1162. The alliance of the Communes of the Po Valley, which joined forces in the had predicted. Lombard League (1167), defeated Barbarossa (Legnano, 1176) and rebuilt the city. Milan and its History The age of the free communes ended under the dominion of the Torriani family and then the Viscontis (1277-1301, 1311-1447). In these 170 years Milan was the capital of a vast duchy, and construction of the Duomo began (1386). Upon the death of Filippo Maria Visconti in 1447, the absence of an heir led to the three-year government of the Aurea Repubblica Ambrosiana, without placating the confl ict between the city’s most important families over inheritance of political control.