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2. Culture of Milan - Wikipedia

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   In the 2000s Milan still remains one of the country's most important cultural, media and economic centres; its prominence is extended worldwide, and it is recognised as an Alpha global city. The city additionally hosted the Expo 2015. Milan is traditionally referred to as the moral capital of Italy, especially due to the city's perceived work ...

3. Milan - Wikipedia

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   Milan (/ m ɪ ˈ l æ n / mil-AN, US also / m ɪ ˈ l ɑː n / mil-AHN, [5] [6] Milanese: ⓘ; Italian: Milano ⓘ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban population [7] and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.

4. History of Milan - Wikipedia

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   AC Milan has a long-standing rivalry with Inter Milan, with whom they contest the Derby della Madonnina, one of the most followed derbies in football. [82] It is called Derby della Madonnina in honour of one of the main sights in the city of Milan, the statue of the Virgin Mary on the top of the Duomo , which is often referred to as the ...

5. History of architecture and art in Milan - Wikipedia

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   The architectural and artistic presence in Milan represents one of the attractions of the Lombard capital. Milan has been among the most important Italian centers in the history of architecture , has made important contributions to the development of art history, and has been the cradle of a number of modern art movements.

6. Tourism in Milan - Wikipedia

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   From 1951 until 1967 the population of Milan grew from 1.3 million to 1.7 million. The city was reconstructed, but in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the city suffered from a huge wave of street violence, labor strikes and political terrorism during so called Years of Lead. During the 1980s, Milan became one of the world's fashion capitals.

7. Milan Cathedral - Wikipedia

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   The spire was designed by Carlo Pellicani and sports at the top a famous polychrome Madonnina statue, designed by Giuseppe Perego that befits the stature of the cathedral. [13] Given Milan's notoriously damp and foggy climate, the Milanese consider it a fair-weather day when the Madonnina is visible from a distance, as it is so often covered by ...

8. Neoclassical architecture in Milan - Wikipedia

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   The building is certainly one of the finest examples of the Neoclassical citizens' residences and was a haunt of Milan's intellectuals. It was designed in 1772 by Giuseppe Piermarini who in this instance abandoned the sober and austere style of early Neoclassicism, building an imposing and highly decorated mansion which dominates the street.

9. Milanese Baroque - Wikipedia

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   Tapestry gallery with frescoes by Tiepolo in Palazzo Clerici: one of the most significant interiors in Milan's Baroque landscape. Milanese Baroque [1] refers to the dominant artistic style between the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century in the city.