Milan sightseeing

The best sights in Milan, from the magnificent Duomo to best art galleries, the museums of the Renaissance castle and opera at La Scala

*** Duomo di Milano (Milan Cathedral) - The Cathedral of Milan is one of the largest Gothic churches in the world, an intricate festival of soaring spires peppered with hundreds upon hundreds of statues, with a cool, forest-like interior and fabulous views over the city from the roof... Full story

*** Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper - The Renaissance Titan Leonardo Da Vinci decorated one wall of the convent dining hall at Milan's church of Santa Maria delle Grazie with Il Cenacolo, miraculously saved from destruction several times and, even in its faded and semi-ruinous state, still one of the greatest and most famous frescoes in the world... Full story

** Pinacoteca di Brera (Brera Painting Gallery) - Milan's Brera is one of the top painting galleries in Northern Italy, with works by Raphael, Caravaggio, Tintoretto, Mantegna, Bellini, and Piero della Francesca... Full story

** Teatro della Scala - Milan's premier opera house—usually just called "La Scala"—is where Toscanini twirled his baton, Giuseppe Verdi was once the in-house composer, and Maria Callas once trilled her way to fame and fortune... Full story

** Castello Sforzesco (Sforza Castle) - This sprawling castle is home to several excellent museums, including one that contains Michelangelo's final sculpture, a strikingly modern-looking Pietà... Full story

* Pinacoteca Ambrosiana - This small but worthy collection contains works by Da Vinci, Caravaggio, Titian, Botticelli, and Rubens, plus Raphael's preparatory "cartoon" sketch for the famed School of Athens fresco in the Vatican... Full story

* Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II - This genteel, 19th century glass-ceilinged shopping center is still the social and shopping hub of Milan... Full story

* Shopping in Milan - From über-high fashion to bargain hunting at stock shops, Milan is a shopper's paradise... Full Story

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