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Duomo
PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
P. del Duomo
}02 72 02 33 75; www.duomomilano.it
The second-largest Catholic cathedral in the world, the Duomo takes up the largest spot in the hearts of Milan’s residen…
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Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
P. Pio XI 2
}02 80 69 21; www.ambrosiana.it
When a gallery’s halls themselves count as art, how much more spectacular does that make the works they house? It’s a fa…
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Museo Bagatti Valsecchi
FASHION DISTRICT
V. Gesu 5
}02 76 00 61 32; www.museobagattivalsecchi.org
This stunningly preserved 19th-century palazzo has no business calling itself a museum—it’s more like a time machine. Bu…
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Giardini Pubblici
GIARDINI PUBBLICI
C. Venezia at Bastioni di Porta Venezia
}02 67 06 093
More than just a park and namesake to the neighborhood, the Giardini Publicci brings a swath of green to a city in which…
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Galleria D’Arte Moderna
GIARDINI PUBBLICI
V. Palestro 16
}02 88 44 59 47; www.gam-milano.com
Located in the historic Villa Reale—whose ornate ballrooms-turned-galleries are nearly a sight unto themselves—this gall…
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Castello Sforzesco
CASTELLO SFORZESCO
P. Castello
}02 88 46 37 00; www.milanocastello.it
Visiting Castello Sforzesco is just like being in a toy shop: A castle! With a moat! And gates that crash down! And coat…
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Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore and Lorenzo Columns
NAVIGLI
C. di Porta Ticinese 39
}02 89 40 41 29; www.sanlorenzomaggiore.com
Up, up, and away is the feeling as San Lorenzo’s soaring dome draws eyes to the heavens. Its gold-plated altar and organ…
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Cimitero Monumentale
CITY OUTSKIRTS
Piazzale Cimitero Monumentale
}02 88 46 56 00; www.monumentale.net
Imagine Arlington Cemetery in Virginia, with its rows of even, identical gravestones. Then imagine the exact opposite. T…
Museo Poldi Pezzoli
PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
V. Manzoni 12
}02 78 08 72; www.museopoldipezzoli.it
Enter the home of one of Milan’s most storied collectors, Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli. His broad collection includes a nu…
Museo Teatrale Alla Scala
PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
P. della Scala
}02 88 79 24 73; www.teatroallascala.org
It’s unclear if there’s a joke in Italy to match the American “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?”, but there sure could b…
Milan Urban Center
PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele 11/12
}02 88 45 68 06; www.comune.milano.it/urbancenter
Quiz time! The World’s Fair stopped being held after which of the following: (A.) That one in Paris where they built the…
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
P. del Duomo
Welcome to what may be the world’s first shopping mall. But as they say, oft-imitated, never duplicated, and no suburban…
Museo di Milano
PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
V. Sant’Andrea 6
}02 88 46 41 75; www.museodimilano.mi.it
Think you know Milan like the back of your hand? Not a chance, for while you may have a vague memory of what your hand l…
Palazzo Reale
PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
P. del Duomo 12
}02 88 451; www.comune.milano.it/palazzoreale
Once the home of Milanese royalty, this expansive mansion now boasts a royally confusing schedule of hours and exhibits.…
Museo Messina
PIAZZA DEL DUOMO
V. San Sisto 4/a
}02 86 45 30 05
Located in a former church restored by the artist, every inch of this small gallery is filled with sculptures by Frances…
Ferrari Store
FASHION DISTRICT
P. del Liberty 8
}02 78 15 02; www.ferrari.com
Yes, it sells things. But this bright, screaming-red shrine to Italy’s most famous automobile contains many artifacts of…
Museo della Permanente
FASHION DISTRICT
V. Filippo Turati 34
}02 65 99 803; www.lapermanente.it
While a tale of warring art curators in chain mail and berets might be more likely to catch a Hollywood screenwriter’s e…
Museo Storia Naturale
GIARDINI PUBBLICI
C. Venezia 55
}02 88 46 33 37; www.comune.milano.it/museostorianaturale
Sure, from a scientific perspective, it’s nice to start off, as the Museo Storia Naturale does, from the beginning—howev…
Planetario
GIARDINI PUBBLICI
C. Venezia 57
}02 88 46 33 40; www.comune.milano.it/planetario
Visitors don’t come to Milan for stargazing; the light pollution in Italy’s second-largest city makes it hard to disting…
Padigleone d’Arte Contemporanea
GIARDINI PUBBLICI
V. Palestro 16
}02 76 00 90 85; www.comune.milano.it/pac
Home to rotating exhibits of 20th-century art, the Padigleone d’Arte Contemporanea (PAC) complements its older and more …

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