| Milan is also one of the most important centres for the fashion industry in the world, and a great rival of Paris in Europe.
It has a very broad cultural offer with three universities and a polytechnic. It is the headquarters for large publishing houses and many of the most important newspapers and magazines in Italy are based there. It has the most famous lyrical theatre in the world,la Scala, and is one of the European cities that holds most exhibitions and congresses, both cultural and commercial.
Milan is one of the cities with most and the most impressive historical buildings to see. The undoubted protagonist is the Duomo, the largest Gothic cathedral in the country. From the renaissance we have the Sforza Castle. Many churches like Santa Maria della Grazie and San Ambrosio and palaces form the historical centre of Milan.
Milan has unexpected corners, such as the Monumental Cemetery, with elaborate chapels and mausoleums. Art is felt in different points of the city, such as the Ambrosian Art Gallery, with works by Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael and Caravaggio. |
