Milan is Italy’s business centre and a most fashionable city, home to some of the world’s major fashion brands. Milan is the wealthiest city in Italy and is known for the majestic Duomo Cathedral, the outstanding opera La Scala, the medieval Sforza Castle, and has world’s oldest shopping mall, The Galleria of Vittorio Emanuele II. Its historical, cultural, and architectural landmarks, as well as extraordinary fashion and culinary scenes, make the Italian city world-famous.
The nightlife in Milan
Home to countless nightclubs that are among the best in the world, Milan is regarded as having one of Europe’s best nightlife. Some of Milan’s iconic monuments are lit up so beautifully, you must visit them in the night.
The view of Duomo Cathedral and Galleria of Vittorio Emanuele II is quite astonishing during he night time.
Night time or early morning are the best time to shoot the famous monuments since you don’t get people crowd in the photo.
Duomo Milan
Milan’s Duomo is the most impressive structure in Milan. Standing proud in Piazza del Duomo, this cathedral is more than 600 years old and is the fifth largest Christian church in the world. There is a sundial in the entrance of the church. The sundial is surprisingly precise, you can set your watch. It was even used to regulate clocks throughout the city.
It took thousands of workers, a new canal system and over six centuries to complete and it’s still unfinished.
Other attractions in Milan
Sforzesco Castle (Sforza Castle) was built as a fortress during the fourteenth century and is one of the most famous landmarks in Milan. It was the largest citadel in Europe between the 16th and 17th centuries.
This Castle has beautiful architecture and gardens and Leonardo da Vinci designed the interior of the Castle and he lived here for almost a good 16 years.
The Cimitero Monumentale
This is one of the largest cemetery in Italy and it is spread across 62 acres of land. Why someone will visit a cemetery when came for a vacation. But this cemetery is worth seeing since it is built in Italic artistic style and depict how Italian honoured their departed ones.
Described as “an open-air museum”, Milan’s Monumental Cemetery has been the burial place of the most remarkable people from Milanese society since 1866
Every monument in the cemetery tells a story of the history and society.
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