It is no wonder to think of Milan, filled of spectacular landmarks and monuments as city is one of the ancient cities of the world therefore has history of a civilized city with history of around 1,000 years. Below are discussed some immensely popular landmarks of Milan.

•  Vittorio Emanuele II: This is a mall with a massive reputation attached to it, is situated in Milan. It is understood as mother of all shopping malls with 19th century architecture while decorated with magnificent mosaic floor and wonderful glass roof and cupola. One can have boutiques like Louis Vuitton and Prada there. It becomes a place of unmeasured attraction with beautiful lights and decoration during Christmas.

Vittorio Emanuele II

•    Duomo (Cathedral): It is a cathedral church of Milan in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is a seat of the Archbishop of Milan. It took nearly five centuries to be completed and is the fourth largest church in the world. The ground plan is of a nave with five aisles, crossed by a transept and then followed by choir and apsis. The height of the nave is about 45 meters, the highest Gothic vaults of a complete church. Its roof is allowed for tourists to be roamed around on a nominal fee.

MilanI Cathedral Duomo

•  La Scala Opera: The opera was inaugurated on August 3rd 1778 and been known as the New Royal Ducal Theatre at La Scala. The first performance at the opera house was displayed by Antonio Salieri’s Europa riconosciuta.  Presently, it is known as one of the leading opera and ballet theatres in the world. The opera has also an associate school being known as La Scala that provides learning in music, dance, stage craft and stage management. Its season opens on 7th December, Saint Ambrose’s Day.

•    Piazza del Duomo: It is a main Piazza in the city of Milan in Italy and the name of this square has been named after the domineering Milan Cathedral.  The Square was constructed by Azzone Visconti in c.1330 for mercantile purposes.

•    Sforza Castle: The castle earlier used to be seat and residence of the ruling family of Milan and presently houses several city museums and art collection over there. The actually construction to castle began in the 14th century by Francesco Sforza and was further modified by later generations due to various accessions and change in ruler of Italy. The best known part of the castle is Sala Delle Asse with surviving ceiling painting by Leonardo da Vinci.

Castello Sforzesco

•   Via Dante: It is a very elegant and import street in Central Milan, Italy that connects Piazzale Cordusio and Largo Cairoli. It is quite close to city’s Castello Sforzesco and is later on named on the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri. It is flooded with several famous theatres, shops, restaurants, cafes, palaces and bars. More it has very popular buildings primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries. It has several transport links and a tramway line.

•  Piazza della Repubblica: It is a state of the art and a very busy square situated at north-west of Milan. At the place there are situated most important office blocks and company building of the country that displays architecture of 1950s and 1960s Italian buildings and roofs. It also has proximity to Piazza Duca d’ Aosta and the city Central station. Repubblica metro station is located at its center and other closer stations to it are P.ta Venezia, Turati and Centrale F.S.

Piazza Della Repubblica

•  Corso di Porta Venezia: This is known to be one of the best and beautiful streets of the city of Milan and is located close to magnificent Montenapoleone area and is bordered by state-of-art beautiful villas, museums and palazzo showing up from the entire era and it also contains areas of the Giardini Pubblici, an old and leafy garden and park.

•  Corso Magenta: This is a very aesthetic and aristocratic street in the north-western part of Milan. There one on the tour of the city can enjoy cafes and shops. One to its soul searching can view there Baroque palaces especially the noted Palazzo Litta that is one of the best example of 18th century Milanese architecture.

Corsia Corso Magenta

•  Piazza Duca d’Aosta: Contrary to other squares in Milan, it an ultramodern and busy square in the north-east of Milan and is famous for having the city’s majestic central station, and the Pirelli skyscraper. Being situated at Milan’s economic and business district it also remains busy throughout the year. .