Milan’s Aquarium is dedicated to enthusiasts and students of the subject. The 38 tanks in the Municipal Aquarium are richly populated by fresh and salt-water...

The Casa di Riposo per Musicisti Giuseppe Verdi is the creation of Camillo Boito from 1895-1899. The building was originally planned for a pentagonal plot,...

The Museo di Arte Estremo Orientale e di Etnografia is sited close to the Missionary Centre of the Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere (PIME)in the San...

The Monumental Cemetery is a vast complex that is worth visiting for both its historic, and artistic value. The central building was designed by Maciachini...

Building work on the Arco della Pace began in 1801 under the instructions of Napoleon, but it wasn’t completed until 1838 in time for the...

The Palazzo dell’Arte is the historic home of the Triennale institution and was designed by Giovanni Muzio in 1932-33. There are a series of halls...

The Arena Civica is located in the Castello Sforzesco area to provide a home for festivities and events like the Repubblica Cisalpina and the new...

The Parco Sempione occupies the site of the ancient Piazza d’Armi and was begun in 1980 according to the designs of the architect, Alemagna. It...

The Museo dello Stadio Meazza can be found towards the end of the Viale Caprilli that opens out on to the Piazzale della sport. The...

The church of S. Maria Incoronata is unusual in that it is a double building that is linked to a love story between Francesco Sforza...

An ancient Benedictine Monastery that passed to the Olivetani order in 1500 built the main nucleus that developed around two twin cloisters. The museum has...

The National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan is housed in a former Olivetam monastery. It was founded in 1953 and incorporates 28 individual...

The San Vittore al Corpo is an early Christian basilica and is one of the oldest buildings in the city, built to house the relics...

Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono built this church in 1503. Angelo Colla completed the facade, begun between 1574 and 1581, in 1872. Inside there are three floors...

The building was commissioned by Ludovico di Moro and designed by Guiniforte Solari as a mausoleum for the Sforzesco dynasty. It was intended that the...

The Mu Ba - Museo dei Bambini was opened in Milan in 1995 with a successful exhibition for the Milan triennial, called ’Money’. It is...

The Museo Cenacolo Vinciano is housed in the antique rooms of the rectory which adjoins the Church of Santa Maria Delle Grazie. In the interior...

The Filarete Tower (Torre del Filarete o dell’Orologio) rises to a height 70 metres. The tower was restructured in the early 20th Century by Luca...

The Fondazione Museo Luciano Minguzzi museum is housed in a four-storey 17th Century building. It has been completely renovated and houses the works of Minguzzi...

The Parco di Villa Litta was designed in 1687 along with the suburban villa of the Marquis Corbella. Towards 1800 the property passed to the...