Milan is the main city in northern Italy. It is located on the plains of Lombardy, one of the most developed urban regions of Italy. Residents of Milan are known as Milanesi or informally Meneghini or Ambrosiana.

The city was founded by the Celts in northern Italy around 400 BC was conquered by the Romans around 222 BC, who gave the name Mediolanu. Latin name meaning "in the middle of the field."

Milan is recognized as one of the capitals of fashion and design, Lombard metropolis is famous by her elegant fashion houses and shops, such as the famous Via Montenapoleone and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Piazza Duomo (considered to be the most the world's oldest shopping mall).

The Duomo, the second largest church in Italy and third in the world, houses the largest collection of marble statues in the world and is crowned by the very symbol of the city - Madunina (little Madonna), what concerns us the most highest point of the dome.

Romanesque Church of Sant 'Ambrogio (St. Ambrose the patron saint of the city)

Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie (where the famous fresco The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci). Dominican Church and Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie "were submitted in 1980 on the UNESCO world cultural heritage list.

Sforzesco Castle

Basilica of San Lorenzo

Ambrosian Library, which contains drawings and notes of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci, along with various other manuscripts, notes and sketches, it constitutes an invaluable repository for all of Europe.

Pinacoteca di Brera Pinacoteca Ambrosian, Poldi-Pezzoli museums and galleries and Valsecchi BAGATT Muse del Castello, which shelter a large number of masterpieces of art.

Central Station

Milan is the most important city in the world in terms of lyric opera, with its famous Teatro alla Scala (La Scala Theatre).