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MILAN
(MILANO) - THE CITY |
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Historic Milan lies at the centre of
a web of streets, within the inner Cerchia
dei Navigli , which follows the
route of the medieval city walls. Piazza
del Duomo is the city centre's
main orientation point: most of the
city's major sights lie within this
area, as well as the swankiest
designer shops and most elegant cafés.
Visits to art galleries and
museums , the Duomo and
other churches can be punctuated
with designer window-shopping in the
so-called Quadrilatero d'Oro, or
sipping overpriced drinks among the
designer-dressed clientele of the
pavement cafés of the Galleria
Vittorio Emanuele or around the Pinacoteca
di Brera art gallery. The second
cerchia , the Viali ,
skirts behind the centre's two large
parks - the Parco Sempione
and Giardini Pubblici - to
the canal sides of the Navigli
in the south, following the tracks
of defensive walls built during the
Spanish occupation. Within lie the Castello
Sforzesco and the church of Santa
Maria delle Grazie , which
houses Milan's most famous painting,
Leonardo's The Last Supper .
What follows is a wedge-by-wedge
account of the city: Milan is not an
easily wanderable city, so make a
judicious selection, walking a
little but where necessary hopping
between places by way of the metro
or other public transport.
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