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MILAN
MILAN CATHEDRAL
INFORMATION ON THE CATHEDRAL
It‘s the biggest curch in Italy and the third biggest church in the world.At the beginning of 1800 Napoleone Bonaparte requested the cathedral to be finally completed by using the Neoghotic style.
Place Milan
Religion Christian catholic
Belonging to Santa Maria Nascente
Diocese Milan archdiocese
Consacration 1418 and 1577
Architectural style Gothic, Neoclassic, Neogothic
Construction start up
1386
Completion 1892
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE CATHEDRAL
SCULPTUREOn terraces you can find saints, visages, animals, symbols, monsters and gargoyls. You can‘t but look at the golden Holy Virgin.
GLASSWALLS
TAPESTRIES
It‘s an important symbol of Milan and of its History.It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza.
SFORZESCO CASTLE
In the castle you can visit its courts, splendid panoramas from the walls, towers, big halls and museums inside it.
BEFORE
NOW
Today Sempione park was the main green area of the city centre.In 1906 this park was chosen as the seat for some pavilions of the first Universal Exhibition organized in Milan, and also nowadays it hosts differrent events.
Sempione park
It‘s one of the most ancient churches in Milan and is placed in Sant‘Ambrogio square.
SANT’AMBROGIO CHURCH
Milan University
Milan University, simply known as "Statale di Milano", is the biggest university in Lombardy, whose headquarter is now placed in the renaissance building of Cà Granda.
Faculties
Law Linguistic and Cultural Mediation Medicine and Surgery Veterinary Medicine Agricultural Sciences and Food Sciences of the drug Science and Technology Motor and Sport Science Political, economic and social StudiesHumanities
MaximScientia Illuminans Disgnus“KOWLEDGE LIGHTS THE WORTHY“
MODERN ART GALLERY
Realized between 1790 and 1796 as the residence of Count Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Royal Villa is one of the masterpiece of Milan Neoclassicism.
•After its construction was completed between 1790 and 1793, Belgiojoso Villa saw for another three years the realization of an articulated decorative cycle regarding its walls as well as its halls.
•The English garden of the Villa, the first in Milan, is one of the reasons of great amazement and novelty to contemporary visitors
The Garden
• What makes the Modern Art Gallery internationally known is the merit of the exhibited works and preserved in its halls.
FASHION
•It's a famous week of fashion held twice a year in Milan.
•This event, with its Spring/Summer fashion shows ,is held in September/October every year; whereas Autumn/Winter fashion shows are held in February/March every year.
La settimana della moda di Milano
• The week of fashion in Milan, founded in 1958, is part of the "Big Four", four events judged particularly important since they are held in the capitals of fashion. The other three weeks of fashion of the "Big Four" are held in New York, London and Paris.
«BIG FOUR»
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYIN HONOR OF LEONARDO DA VINCI
LA SCALA THEATRE
La Scala Theatre in Milan (often named simply as la Scala) is one of the most famous theatres in the world: it has hosted internationally recognized artists for more than two hundred years. Its stage has hosted operas still shown in foreign theatres all around the world.
