Tourist information

The Sforza Castle is located 300 meters away from the Cadorna station. This castle was commissioned by Galeazzo II between 1358 and 1368. Over the centuries, it has been used both as a fortress and as a mansion, and then it was demolished and reconstructed. The present structure is shaped as a large four-sided stronghold surrounded by walls featuring a facade surmounted by Filarete’s tower, a parade ground and the Duke’s court housing different museums. Behind the Castle, there is the Sempione Park, the city’s largest green area encompassing the Arena and the futuristic Torre del Parco, 109 meters high, designed by Giò Ponti.

 

Santa Maria delle Grazie is a Lombard late Gothic art example. It belongs to a vast architectural compound including also a convent, whose refectory hosts “The Last Supper”, Leonardo da Vinci’s celebrated fresco, declared as world heritage masterpiece by the Unesco.

Palazzo dell’Arte was designed by Giovanni Muzio and built between 1931 and 1933. It has hosted the Milan Triennale since 1933. It is located in the quadrangle made up of the Sforza Castle, Arco della Pace and the Arena and features exhibition halls, a design and architecture bookshop and the Coffee Design.

”The Martyrum” Basilica” was built by Bishop Ambrogio between 379 and 386. It is an important example of Romanesque Architecture. It features important works of art such as the early Christian sarcophagus (called Stilicone’s sarcophagus) and the gold altar, a goldsmith’s work of art dating back to Charlemagne’s time.

S. Lorenzo Maggiore is a late ‘500’s church built on the remains of an early Christian building constructed between the end of the IVth century and the beginning of the Vth and already restructured in 1200 with a Romanesque style. In front of the church there are sixteen marble columns with Corinthian capitals, from an ancient Roman building back to 300 A.C.

St. Eustorgio is located near Porta Ticinese. It was built with a Romanesque style in late 1100 on top of a very ancient building (IV century). It was destroyed in 1164 by Federico Barbarossa and reconstructed by the Dominicans between 1216 and 1220. The neoromanesque Facade was designed by Giovanni Brocca.

The Duomo cathedral is the symbol of Milan. It is renowned for its size (it is the third largest Catholic Church in the world after St Peter’s in Rome and the Seville Cathedral) and for its many statues (more than 3400). Its construction probably started in 1386 and was finished during the 1800. Its predominant style is late Gothic, but with elements belonging to the Romanesque tradition, such as for example the “hut” shaped facade”.

The fashion district is located between via Montenapoleone, via della Spiga, corso Venezia and via Sant'Andrea. It features the most renowned Italian and foreign fashion boutiques.

The Brera Pinacoteca’s heritage is extremely vast. It features many works of art such as the eight portraits of “Uomini d’Arme”” painted by Bramante, “Cristo morto” by Andrea Mantegna and “La rissa in galleria” by the futurist artist Umberto Boccioni.

www.brera.beniculturali.it

The National Museum of Science and Technology “Leonardo da Vinci” is the largest technological and scientific museum in Italy and is one of the best in the world for both its quality and size. It is subdivided into thematic areas devoted to transportation, materials, energy, communications etc.

www.museoscienza.org