Milan is the second Italian city by number of inhabitants (in the village there are 1.400.000), second only to Capital; capital of the province and the Region of Lombardy, is the beating heart of the North: Here are Fellow Italian Piazza Affari, various state agencies and private offices, telecommunications, television, universities and various public and private; Milan is also the capital Italian shopping, home to several fashion houses many shops are also of high fashion center of town, where, at the firm, comes just a fashion tourists, especially from Europe, in search of the piece granted.
Many are also tourists who daily throng the streets of downtown, visit the monuments of the city: among them a quick note listing the cathedral, dedicated to Santa Maria Rising, a work Gothic became the symbol of the city and located in the square of the same name, the Teatro alla Scala, one of the most important in Europe, recently renovated, the Basilica of St. Ambrose, the city's patron, which is celebrated on December 7, Castello Sforzesco, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the Royal Palace, the Skyscraper Pirelli (nicely by the inhabitants called the Pirellone), the aquarium, the church of San Babila, the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio, Alessandro Manzoni statue in the square of San Fedele and disc Tomato Piazza Meda.
Among the museums in Milan instead include the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, and the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana Library, the Egyptian Museum, the Museo Poldi Pezzoli, the Modern Art Gallery and Museum Vinciano.
Getting to the city is easy, thanks to the many highways and roads which are reached, the three airports Malpensa, Linate and Orio al Serio and FS stations where trains depart for all Italian cities and the larger European locations, a Having arrived in town you can comfortably move by public transport, thanks to the three metro lines, buses and trams.
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