IT - Milan

Milan is the capital of the metropolitan city of the same name and of Lombardy.
To know
It is the second most populous city in the country and is located in the center of the largest urban and metropolitan area in Italy. Milan is full of historical and modern places worthy of note, and preserves one of the most famous paintings in the world, Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper.

Milan is the most important financial center in Italy and hosts the Italian stock exchange. It is one of the world capitals of fashion and is the world reference point for design. Shopping and nightlife are just some of the many recreational activities offered by this cosmopolitan and European city.

When to go:
There is no better time to visit Milan. Given the cultural, historical, artistic and recreational offer, it can be visited all year round.

The climate is continental with cold winters and some frosty days. The phenomenon of fog is becoming less and less frequent. Summers are hot, humid and moderately rainy.

Geographical notes:

Milan is located in the center of the Po Valley, about halfway from the two major tributaries of the Po (Ticino and Adda), in a semi-flat area. The municipal area is crossed by the Lambro, Olona and Seveso rivers. Milan is almost entirely built on alluvial soil. The major reliefs are artificial (the mountain of San Siro, built with the rubble of the Second World War and with the resulting material from underground excavations) or of very little importance (Mount Merlo, protruding no more than 15 meters from the plain). The structure of the city is perfectly radial (with the sole exception of the Città studi district) and has five concentric belts:

The circle of Navigli, which is the innermost one, in whose design Leonardo da Vinci participated; the canals of the circle have long been covered. It remained as a road ring road enclosing what remains of the medieval city. It winds (clockwise) in via De Amicis, via Carducci, in the moat of the Castello Sforzesco, via Pontaccio (which was the headquarters of the shippers), via Fatebenefratelli, via Senato, via Visconti di Modrone, via Francesco Sforza, via Santa Sofia, via Molino delle Armi
The circle of the ramparts, that is the Spanish walls, about 200 m (on average) outside the previous one. It includes viale Crispi, bastions of Porta Nuova, bastions of Porta Venezia, viale Majno, viale Bianca Maria, viale Regina Margherita, viale Caldara, viale Filippetti, viale Beatrice d’Este, viale Gian Galeazzo, viale D’Annunzio, viale Papiniano, viale of Porta Vercellina, via Toti, via XX settembre. Then there is an interruption, occupied by the Sempione Park.
The ring road, so called 90/91 from the trolleybus line that runs through it, with viale Brianza, Vale Abruzzi, viale Umbria, viale Isonzo, viale Toscana, via Tibaldi, viale Cassala, viale Troya, viale Misurata, viale Bezzi, viale Ranzoni, viale Murillo , viale Migliara, viale Elia, viale Serra, viale Monte Ceneri, Cavalcavia Bacula (Ponte della Ghisolfa), viale Bodio, viale Jenner, viale Marche, viale Lunigiana.
The external ring road, incomplete as the north arch is missing, which includes viale Lombardia, viale Romagna, viale Molise, viale Puglie, viale Ortles, via Antonini, via Giovanni da Cermenate, viale Famagosta, via Santa Rita da Cascia, Cavalcavia Milani, piazza Frattini, via D’Alviano, viale Pisa, viale Mar Ionio, via Gavirate and then re-engaged in 90/91 in Piazzale Lotto