Outline of Milan

Flag of Milan

Coat of arms of Milan

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Milan:

Milan – capital of Lombardy and the second most populous city in Italy after Rome. Milan is considered a leading Alpha Global City, ^[1] with strengths in the arts, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, services, research, and tourism. The city has long been named a fashion capital of the world and a world's design capital, ^[2] thanks to several international events and fairs, including Milan Fashion Week and the Milan Furniture Fair, which are currently among the world's biggest in terms of revenue, visitors and growth. ^{[3] [4] [5]} Milan is the destination of 8 million overseas visitors every year, attracted by its museums and art galleries that boast some of the most important collections in the world, including major works by Leonardo da Vinci.

General reference

• Pronunciation: /mɪˈlæn/ mil-AN, US also /mɪˈlɑːn/ mil-AHN; ^{[6] [7]} Italian : Milano [miˈlaːno] ^ⓘ ; Milanese : Milan [miˈlãː] ^{ⓘ [8] [9]}
• Common English name(s): Milan
• Official English name(s): City of Milan
• Adjectival(s): Milanese
• Demonym(s): Milanese

Geography of Milan

Geography of Milan

• Milan is:
  • a city
    • the capital of Lombardy
• Population of Milan: 1,357,599 ^[10]
• Area of Milan:
• Atlas of Milan

Location of Milan

Milan

Milan (Italy)

• Milan is situated within the following regions:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Eurasia
    • Europe (outline)
      • Western Europe
      • Southern Europe
        • Italian Peninsula
          • Italy (outline)
            • Northern Italy
              • Lombardy
                • Milan metropolitan area (aka Greater Milan)
                  • Metropolitan City of Milan
• Time zone(s): Central European Time (UTC+01), Central European Summer Time (UTC+02)

Environment of Milan

• Climate of Milan

Areas of Milan

The nine zones of Milan

Zones of Milan

Zones of Milan

• Zone 1 of Milan
• Zone 2 of Milan
• Zone 3 of Milan
• Zone 4 of Milan
• Zone 5 of Milan
• Zone 6 of Milan
• Zone 7 of Milan
• Zone 8 of Milan
• Zone 9 of Milan

Districts of Milan

The districts of Milan, by zone:

Districts of Zone 1 Brera Conca del Naviglio Guastalla Porta Sempione Porta Tenaglia

Districts of Zone 2 Adriano Crescenzago Gorla Greco Loreto Maggiolina Mandello Mirabello Ponte Seveso Porta Nuova Precotto Stazione Centrale Turro Villaggio dei Giornalisti

Districts of Zone 3 Casoretto Cimiano Città Studi Dosso Lambrate Ortica Porta Monforte Porta Venezia Quartiere Feltre Rottole

Districts of Zone 4 Acquabella Calvairate Castagnedo Cavriano Forlanini Gamboloita La Trecca Monluè Morsenchio Nosedo Omero Ponte Lambro Porta Vittoria Porta Romana Rogoredo San Luigi Santa Giulia Taliedo Triulzo Superiore

Districts of Zone 5 Basmetto Cantalupa Case Nuove Chiaravalle Chiesa Rossa Conca Fallata Fatima Gratosoglio Le Terrazze Macconago Missaglia Morivione Porta Lodovica Porta Vigentina Quintosole Ronchetto delle Rane San Gottardo Selvanesco Stadera Torretta Vaiano Valle Vigentino

Districts of Zone 6 Arzaga Barona Boffalora Cascina Bianca Conchetta Creta Foppette Giambellino-Lorenteggio Lodovico il Moro Moncucco Porta Genova Porta Ticinese Ronchetto sul Naviglio San Cristoforo Sant'Ambrogio Teramo Villa Magentino Villaggio dei Fiori

Districts of Zone 7 Assiano Baggio Figino Fopponino Forze Armate Harar La Maddalena Muggiano Porta Magenta Quartiere degli Olmi Quarto Cagnino Quinto Romano San Siro Valsesia Vercellese

Districts of Zone 8 Boldinasco Bullona Cagnola Campo dei Fiori Cascina Triulza Comina Fiera Gallaratese Garegnano Ghisolfa Lampugnano Musocco Porta Volta Portello Quarto Oggiaro QT8 Roserio San Leonardo Trenno Varesina Vialba Villapizzone

Districts of Zone 9 Affori Bicocca Bovisa Bovisasca Bruzzano Ca' Granda Centro Direzionale Comasina Dergano Fulvio Testi Isola La Fontana Montalbino Niguarda Porta Garibaldi Porta Nuova Prato Centenaro Segnano

Locations in Milan

Cimitero Monumentale di Milano

• 10 Corso Como
• Biblioteca Ambrosiana
• Biblioteca di Brera
• Cimitero Monumentale di Milano
• Milan amphitheatre
• Planetario di Milano
• Walls of Milan

City gates of Milan

Porta Sempione

• Porta Nuova
• Porta Romana
• Porta Sempione
• Porta Ticinese
• Porta Garibaldi

Gardens and parks in Milan

Parco Sempione

Monte Stella city park

Sforza Castle

The Royal Villa of Milan

Piazza del Duomo

Basilica of San Lorenzo

Navigli in Milan by night

Civic Aquarium of Milan

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano

• Basilicas Park
• Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli
• Orto Botanico di Brera
• Orto Botanico di Cascina Rosa
• Parco Agricolo Sud Milano
• Parco Sempione
  • Torre Branca
• Villa Litta Modignani

Museums and galleries in Milan

Museums and galleries in Milan

• Alfa Romeo Museum
• Armani/Silos
• Bagatti Valsecchi Museum
• Civic Aquarium
• Galleria d'Arte Moderna
• Gallerie di Piazza Scala
  • Palazzo Anguissola Antona Traversi
  • Palazzo Brentani
• Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
• Museo del Novecento
• Museo del Risorgimento
• Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci"
• Museo Diocesano
• Museo Poldi Pezzoli
• Museo Teatrale alla Scala
• Contemporary Art Pavilion
• Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
• Pinacoteca di Brera
• Sforza Castle
  • Antique Furniture & Wooden Sculpture Museum
  • Applied Arts Collection
  • Archaeological Museum
  • Egyptian Museum
  • Museum of Musical Instruments
  • Museo d'Arte Antica
  • Pinacoteca

Public squares in Milan

Piazzas in Milan

• Piazza Cordusio
• Piazza del Duomo
• Piazza della Scala
• Piazza Mercanti

Religious sites in Milan

• Cathedrals in Milan
• Basilicas in Milan
• Churches in Milan

Shopping malls in Milan

• Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

Streets and canals in Milan

• Corso Buenos Aires
• Navigli
  • Naviglio di Bereguardo
  • Naviglio di Paderno
  • Naviglio Grande
  • Naviglio Martesana
  • Naviglio Pavese
• Quadrilatero della moda
• Via della Spiga
• Via Monte Napoleone

Villas and palaces in Milan

Royal Palace of Milan

Villas and palaces in Milan

• Casa Campanini
• Casa degli Omenoni
• Casa di Riposo per Musicisti
• Casa Manzoni
• Casa Panigarola
• Castello Cova
• Palazzo dell'Arengario
• Palazzo della Banca Commerciale Italiana
• Palazzo Belgioioso
• Palazzo Borromeo
• Palazzo Carminati
• Palazzo Castiglioni
• Palazzo dei Giureconsulti
• Palazzo Mezzanotte
• Palazzo della Ragione
• Palazzo delle Scuole Palatine
• Palazzo del Senato
• Royal Palace of Milan
• Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte

Demographics of Milan

Demographics of Milan

Government and politics of Milan

Palazzo Marino, Milan's city hall and seat of the City Council

Government and politics of Milan

• Elections in Milan
  • Milan municipal election, 2016
• Government of Milan
  • Mayor of Milan
    • List of mayors of Milan
  • City Council of Milan
• International relations
  • Sister cities of Milan

History of Milan

Popular print depicting the "Five Days of Milan" (18–22 March 1848) uprising against Austrian rule

History of Milan

• Mediolanum

History of Milan, by period

• Timeline of Milan

History of Milan, by subject

• Bava-Beccaris massacre
• Edict of Milan
• Five Days of Milan
• Golden Ambrosian Republic
• Great Plague of Milan
• Piazza Fontana bombing
• Rulers of Milan
  • House of Sforza

Culture in Milan

Milan Cathedral is the largest church in the Italian Republic—the larger St. Peter's Basilica is in the State of Vatican City, a sovereign state—and the third largest in the world.

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy's oldest active shopping gallery and a major landmark of Milan.

Panettone, Milan's traditional Christmas cake

Culture of Milan

• Architecture of Milan
  • Buildings in Milan
    • Tallest buildings in Milan
    • Villas and palaces in Milan
  • Neoclassical architecture in Milan
• Cuisine of Milan
  • Lombard cuisine
• Fashion in Milan
  • Fashion capital
  • Milan fashion district
  • Milan Fashion Week
• Languages of Milan
  • Western Lombard dialect
    • Milanese dialect
• Media in Milan
  • Newspapers
    • Corriere della Sera
    • Il Giornale
    • Il Giorno
  • Radio stations
    • RTL 102.5
    • Radio 24
    • Radio Classica
• Museums in Milan
• People from Milan
• Stolpersteine in Milan
• Symbols of Milan
  • Flag of Milan

Art in Milan

The Last Supper , a late 15th-century mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci housed by the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan

Founded in 1778, La Scala is the world's most famous opera house.

• Novecento Italiano

Ballet in Milan

• La Scala Theatre Ballet
  • La Scala Theatre Ballet School

Cinema of Milan

• Films set in Milan
  • Miracle in Milan

Literature of Milan

• Western Lombard literature

Music of Milan

Music of Milan

• Casa Ricordi
• Milan Conservatory
• Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Theatre of Milan

• La Scala
• Piccolo Teatro
• Teatro degli Arcimboldi
• Teatro Dal Verme
• Teatro Lirico

Theatre school in Milan

• Accademia dei Filodrammatici

Events and traditions in Milan

Palazzo dell'Arte, home of the Triennale di Milano

• EICMA
• Expo 2015
• Fiera Milano
• Milan Fashion Week
• Milan Furniture Fair
• Milan International (1906)
• Oh bej! Oh bej!
• Milan Triennial

Religion in Milan

Saint Ambrose (with white vestments), the patron saint of Milan, in an embossed silver urn in the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio crypt

Religion in Milan

• Ambrose
• Ambrosian Rite
• Early Christian churches in Milan

Catholicism in Milan

Chiaravalle Abbey, the cloister

Catholicism in Milan

• Bishop of Milan
• Diocese of Milan
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan
• Chiaravalle Abbey
• Garegnano Charterhouse
• Mirasole Abbey

Cathedrals in Milan

• Milan Cathedral
  • Basilica di Santa Tecla
  • Madonnina (statue)

Basilicas in Milan

Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, one of the most ancient churches in Milan

Basilica di San Calimero, the 16th century crypt

Santa Maria delle Grazie, which houses the famous mural painting of Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper

Santa Maria della Passione, a late Renaissance-style church with a late Baroque facade

• Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
• Basilica di San Calimero
• San Carlo al Corso
• Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio
  • Portinari Chapel
• Basilica of San Lorenzo
  • Colonne di San Lorenzo
• San Marco
• Santa Maria delle Grazie
  • The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)
• Santa Maria della Passione
• San Nazaro in Brolo
• Basilica of San Simpliciano
• Basilica di Santo Stefano Maggiore
• San Vincenzo in Prato
• San Vittore al Corpo

Churches in Milan

• San Angelo
• San Antonio Abate
• San Barnaba
• San Bernardino alle Ossa
• San Cristoforo sul Naviglio
• San Fedele
• San Giorgio al Palazzo
• San Giovanni in Conca
• San Gottardo
• Santa Maria del Carmine
• Santa Maria della Pace
• Santa Maria Incoronata
• Santa Maria presso San Celso
• Santa Maria presso San Satiro
• San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore
• San Pietro in Gessate
• San Sebastiano
• San Sepolcro
• Oratorio di San Protaso
• Rotonda della Besana

Sports in Milan

San Siro Stadium, Italy's biggest stadium, home of AC Milan and Inter Milan

Mediolanum Forum, home of Olimpia Milano

Sports in Milan

• Basketball in Milan
  • Olimpia Milano
• Football in Milan
  • Association football in Milan
    • A.C. Milan
      • History of A.C. Milan
      • List of A.C. Milan players
    • Inter Milan
      • History of Inter Milan
      • List of Inter Milan players
  • Milan Derby
• Running in Milan
  • Milan Marathon
• Sports venues in Milan
  • Arena Civica
    • Notturna di Milano
  • Mediolanum Forum
  • San Siro
  • Velodromo Vigorelli

Economy and infrastructure of Milan

Palazzo Mezzanotte, the seat of the Italian stock exchange

Grand Hotel et de Milan

Economy of Milan

• Banking in Milan
  • Borsa Italiana
• Business district of Milan
  • CityLife
  • Porta Nuova
• Hotels in Milan
  • Grand Hotel et de Milan
  • Principe di Savoia
  • Town House Galleria
• Restaurants and cafés in Milan
  • Caffè Cova
  • Cracco Peck
• Tourism in Milan
  • Touring Club Italiano

Milan Malpensa Airport

Transportation in Milan

Transport in Milan Airports in Milan

• Linate Airport
• Milan Malpensa Airport
  • Malpensa Express

Rail transport in Milan

Intersecting trams under the arcs of Porta Nuova medieval gate. This type of historical trams are also used in San Francisco, United States

• ATM (Azienda Trasporti Milanesi)
• Trenord
• Railway stations in Milan
  • Milan Central railway station
• Trams in Milan
• Trolleybuses in Milan

Milan Metro

Milan Metro

Milan Metro is the largest rapid transit system in Italy in terms of length, number of stations and ridership; and the fifth longest in the European Union and the eighth in the Europe.

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• List of Milan Metro stations
• AnsaldoBreda Meneghino

Milan suburban railway service

Suburban railway

A TSR train at Milano Porta Venezia railway station on the Milan Passerby railway

BikeMi, a public bicycle sharing system in Milan

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• List of Milan suburban railway stations
• Milan Passante railway
• Treno Servizio Regionale

Bicycle sharing systems in Milan

• BikeMi
• Mobike

Education in Milan

The Polytechnic University of Milan, the best university in Italy

University of Milan headquarters

Education in Milan

• Public education in Milan
  • Academies in Milan
    • Brera Academy
  • Conservatories in Milan
    • Milan Conservatory
  • Universities in Milan
    • Public
      • University of Milan
      • University of Milan Bicocca
      • Polytechnic University of Milan
    • Private
      • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
      • IULM University of Milan
      • Bocconi University
        • Bocconi University School of Law
      • Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
      • Humanitas University

Healthcare in Milan

Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda

Hospitals in Milan

• Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda
• Policlinico of Milan
• San Raffaele Hospital
• European Institute of Oncology
• Martinitt
• Ospedale Luigi Sacco
• Pio Albergo Trivulzio

See also

• Italy portal

• Outline of geography
• Outline of Italy

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External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Milan

• City of Milan
• ATM—Milan's Transportation Company
• Rete Metropolitana di Milano (in Italian)
• Videotour in Milan