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Milan
| Milan is a successful combination
of the country’s main industry as well as great artistic works of
art. Home to the world’s largest gothic cathedral, the duomo, Milan
combines not only fantastic historic architecture but is also the country’s
economic capital which is more similar to fast paced London and New York
life than the usual relaxed Italian atmosphere. However that is not to
say tourists are not attracted to the city’s numerous churches,
monuments and museums. While in Milan, visit the church of the patron
saint, St Ambrose, known as the “Sant’Ambrogio basilica”.
The Portinari Chapel by the Florentine architect Michelozzi, close to
the important church of Sant’Estorgio attracts visitors, the Sforzesco
castle built in 1368, the “museo del duomo” which hosts the
civic museum and holds a display of twentieth century art. The most celebrated
art gallery in Milan would be the “Pinacoteca di Brera”. The
gallery was initially opened by Napoleon displaying works of art looted
from church and aristocratic homes in French occupied Italy. On display
are find examples of renaissance art such as Supper in the House of Simon
by Paolo Veronese, The Dead Christ by Mantegna, Raphael’s Marriage
of the Virgin and Caravaggio’s Supper at Emmaus. |
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