Sights & Attractions in Milan, Lombardy, and the Lakes

Things to Do in Milan

Name	Category	Location

Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio Milan's bishop, Saint Ambrose (one of the original Doctors of...	Religious Sites	Milan

Battistero Paleocristiano Beneath the Duomo's piazza lies this baptistery ruin dating from...	Religious Sites	Milan

Casa-Museo Boschi di Stefano To most of people, Italian art means Renaissance art. But the...	Museums / Galleries	Milan

Castello Sforzesco For the serious student of Renaissance military engineering...	Castles / Palaces	Milan

Duomo This intricate Gothic structure has been fascinating and exasperating...	Religious Sites	Milan


Galleria Vittorio Emanuele This spectacular, late-19th-century glass-topped, Belle Époque...	Stores / Malls	Milan

GAM: Galleria d'Arte Moderna/Villa Reale One of the city's most beautiful buildings is an outstanding...	Museums / Galleries	Milan

Giardini Pubblici Giuseppe Piermarini, architect of La Scala, laid out these gardens...	Gardens / Arboretums	Milan

Museo Civico Archeologico Appropriately situated in the heart of Roman Milan, this museum...	Museums / Galleries	Milan

Museo Nazionale della Scienza e Tecnica This converted cloister is best known for the collection of models...	Museums / Galleries	Milan

Museo Poldi-Pezzoli This exceptional museum, opened in 1881, was once a private residence...	Museums / Galleries	Milan

Navigli District In medieval times, a network of navigli, or canals, crisscrossed...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Milan

Parco Sempione Originally the gardens and parade grounds of the Castello Sforzesco...	Parks	Milan

Pinacoteca Ambrosiana Cardinal Federico Borromeo, one of Milan's native saints, founded...	Museums / Galleries	Milan

Pinacoteca di Brera The collection here is star-studded even by Italian standards...	Museums / Galleries	Milan

San Lorenzo Maggiore alle Colonne Sixteen ancient Roman columns line the front of this sanctuary...	Religious Sites	Milan

San Satiro Just a few steps from the Duomo, this architectural gem was first...	Architectural Sites	Milan

Santa Maria delle Grazie Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, housed in this church and...	Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites	Milan

Teatro alla Scala You need know nothing of opera to sense that, like Carnegie Hall...	Museums / Galleries, Arts / Performance Venues	Milan

Triennale Design Museum After decades of false starts and controversy, Milan's Triennale...	Museums / Galleries	Milan

Villa Necchi Campiglio In 1932, architect Piero Portaluppi designed this sprawling estate...	Local Interest-Sight, Architectural Sites, Restaurants	Milan
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