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CULTURE OF MILAN
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Milan's culture has evolved during the past centuries, and includes traces of Italian, French, Austrian, German and Spanish cultures, due to the presence of several civilisations in the city. Today, Milan hosts some of the finest cultural, educationa... |
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THE CASTELLO SFORZESCO
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Where the Sforza-Visconti ruling families of Milan resided. Later it was the Austrian governor's residence, when Lombardy was part of the Hapsburg empire. It houses several museums. Reachable by subway: MM1 Cairoli - castello Station. |
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BY PLANE
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Milan has two main international air gateways, Linate airport and Malpensa airport. Sometimes referred to as Milan's additional airports, Bergamo's Orio al Serio airport (45 km East) and Parma airport (100 km South) mostly host budget airlines. Malpe... |
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SEE ALSO
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List of Italian universities
Milan
Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi |
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MIDDLE AGES
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During the Middle Ages, Milan prospered as a centre of trade due to its command of the rich plain of the Po and routes from Italy across the Alps. The war of conquest by Frederick I Barbarossa against the Lombard cities brought the destruction of muc... |
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UNDERSTAND
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If Rome represents the "old" Italy, Milan represents the "new" Italy. Milan is the most modern of all Italian cities, and it still keeps most of its past history intact. At first sight, Milan looks like a bustling and relatively stylish (with is shin... |
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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
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Founded on November 29, 1863, the Politecnico di Milano is the oldest university in Milan. Its most eminent professors over the years have included the mathematician Francesco Brioschi (its first Director), Luigi Cremona, and Giulio Natta (Nobel Priz... |
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ETYMOLOGY
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The word Milan derives from the ancient Celtic name of the city, Medhlan. This name is borne by a number of Gallo-Roman sites in France, such as Mediolanum Santonum (Saintes) and Mediolanum Aulercorum (Évreux) and appears to contain the Celtic elemen... |
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MALPENSA AIPORT
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Milano Malpensa Airport "City of Milan" (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC), former "Aeroporto Città di Busto Arsizio" is Milan's largest airport. It is located 39.97 km (24.83 mi) northwest of central Milan, Italy. It is one of 3 airports in the Milan met... |
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SERVICES
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The station has 24 tracks. Every day about 320,000 passengers pass through the station using about 500 trains, for an annual total of 120 million passengers. Trains connect to several European cites and many Italian long-distance and regional destina... |
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