TEXT Nicola Balitro President of the Lombard Association ofHotelconcierges“LesClefsd’Or”
Dear Guest, We wish you a very warm welcome to Lombardy on behalf of all the Golden Key concierges. Milan Concierge Information is our concrete commitment to make your stay in our region a truly memorable experience. In this magazine you’ll find all the information you might need and, above all, our suggestions
and the best in town this period. In Milan, every month is unique and special, with fabulous one-off events. Let’s explore them together. In this issue, provided personally by us to you, we’ll tell you about the events you shouldn’t miss, exhibitions happening in the city, and restaurants that are worth visiting to sample authentic Lombardy cuisine. But also, a focus on the Madonnina and the Duomo Terraces, a journey through the wonders of Milan’s Liberty style, Palazzo Citerio as the new centerpiece of the Grande Brera, the Da Vinci Code at the Osaka Expo, and much more. What’s more, we’re at your disposal at our counter, delighted to receive your enquiries and questions. Have a wonderful stay.
Welcome to Milan, a city that will provide you with extraordinary experiences and memories.Sport, fashion, culture, design, major events, innovation, study, meetings, business, whatever the reason for your trip, I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised: Milan will be able to satisfy your needs, curiosities and interests. With a heritage of 26 centuries and a commitment to the future, ours is a contemporary, open and welcoming city, an international benchmark in many areas. You will find proof of this as you spend some days with us. Allow me to make some suggestions. When planning your stay in the city, include the classic atractions - Duomo, Galleria Vitorio Emanuele II, Teatro alla Scala, Palazzo
MARTINA RIVA
‘Milan will be able to satisfy your needs, curiosities and interests’
Reale, Navigli and Darsena, Castello Sforzesco, Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper in Santa Maria delle Grazie. Don’t miss our museums, from Galleria d’Arte Moderna to Museo del ‘900, Museo di Scienze Naturali, Museo della Scienza e
della Tecnologia, Brera Picture Gallery and many others. Let yourself be fascinated by the skyscrapers of Porta Nuova and CityLife and go search for unprecedented glimpses of the city as you move away from the centre: each district, with its buildings, shops and meeting points, has its own storythat deserves to be discovered and known. Then I suggest a stop in our parks and green areas, for some physical activity. Finally, make the most of the shopping opportunities in the fashion district and in the neighborhood markets; go to the theatre or to San Siro, join in one of the many musical or sporting events that Milan hosts with pride and enthusiasm. Milan’s vitality will win you over. Thank you for choosing us and come back to visit us soon...!
Dear Guest, today I’d like to introduce you to one of the most distinctive faces of Made in Italy excellence: Lombardia Style is a way of living, and also a way of travelling, including your stay in the Lombardy Region. Indeed, as you explore some of the places in our 12 extraordinary Lombardy provinces – Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantova, Milano, Monza e Brianza, Pavia, Sondrio, and Varese – you’ll realise that there’s a kind of fil rouge connecting all the areas and products of this region. A series of excellent features that we’ve encapsulated in the Lombardia Style brand. Perhaps your visit will begin in Milan, the global capital of fashion and design, set to be in the world’s spotlights in 2026, along with Cortina, as hosts of the Winter
BARBARA MAZZALI
‘You will discover cities of art and enchanting villages’
Olympics and Paralympics. Or perhaps you’re heading to our lakes – Como, Garda, Iseo, Maggiore and Varese – which atract visitors from the four corners of the globe every year; or our Valtellina mountains, playing a starring role in the
Olympic Games. But Lombardy is also a land of culture and spirituality. Our region boasts UNESCO World Heritage sites that testify to our history, such as the rock drawings of Valcamonica, the exquisite Stradivari violins of Cremona and the Renaissance cities of Mantua and Sabbioneta. Meanwhile, our province of Pavia, an ancient crossroads of religious journeys, will play an important part in the 2025 Jubilee. Lombardy is also a world-class food and wine destination, offering award-winning restaurants and traditional tratorias, and wines both typical and prestigious. What’s more, our region is a real paradise for anyone who loves luxury shopping. And all with hospitality facilities offering a genuine warm welcome. I wish you an unforgetable stay in Lombardy.
MILANO FASHION WEEK
From September 23 to 28
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The Milano Fashion Week is back with the 2026 spring/ summer collections. Diesel will open and Giorgio Armani will close the event, starring the big names of fashion design such as Fendi, Prada, Dolce&Gabbana, Ferragamo, Max Mara and Tod’s. The debut of Demna for Gucci and Dario Vitale for Versace are very eagerly awaited, in addition to the new creative direction of Louise Troter for Botega Veneta and Simone Belloti for Jil Sander.
RIGOLETTO
From October 7 to 28
Teatro alla Scala
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The 2022 production of Rigoleto by Mario Martone is back on stage under the music direction of Marco Armiliato. At the center of the opera, the contrast between the excesses of the Duke’s court and the degradation of the outcasts, represented by Margherita Palli’s rotating set design. Rigoleto, suspended between cruel sarcasm and paternal love, embodies this social fracture.
ALESSANDRO CATTELAN IN BENVENUTO NELL’AI
From September 25 to 27
Teatro degli Arcimboldi
Alessandro Catelan brings his new show, Benvenuto nell’AI!, to Teatro degli Arcimboldi. With sense of humour and a unique style, Catelan explores the impact of artificial intelligence and technology on our lives, amid sharp jokes and brilliant observations. Afer the success of Salutava sempre, he returns to the stage with a mix of comedy, reflection and entertainment.
MARCO MENGONI’S CONCERT
From October 12 to 17
Forum di Assago
Following the very successful summer stadium tour, Marco Mengoni, one of the most influential singers on the Italian scene, is back to performing in indoor stadiums on his 2025 European Tour. The singer will perform live his greatest hits and the tracks from his new record project.
At Forum di Assago on October 12, 13, 15 and 17,2025.
WALKS ON THE ROOFTOPS OF GALLERIA VITTORIO EMANUELE II
Until November 30
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, 11/12
TRIBUTE CONCERT OF THE PINK FLOYD LEGEND
September 22
Teatro degli Arcimboldi
The Pink Floyd Legend bring The Wall to Teatro degli Arcimboldi, closing the summer tour with a carefully curated show including special effects, set designs and a reconstruction of the wall. Led by Fabio Castaldi, the Italian group is not just any cover band, but an acclaimed project that showcases the universe of Pink Floyd, from their great classics to historic live performances, offering an unmissable event.
CONCERTS AND THEATRE: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EVENTS NOT TO BE MISSED IN MILAN
Did you know that it is possible to walk over 40 meters high on the Galleria Vitorio Emanuele II? With Highline Milano, you can take an evocative 250-meter panoramic route that offers a unique view: from the spires of the Duomo to the skyscrapers of Porta Nuova and CityLife. An experience that combines urban landscape, history and architecture, allowing you to admire closely the structures and the dome of the famous Galleria.
APPOINTMENTS
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LEONORA CARRINGTON
From September 20 to January 11, 2026
Palazzo Reale
Palazzo Reale hosts the first Italian retrospective exhibition devoted to Leonora Carrington, with over 60 works including paintings, drawings, photographs and documents. The exhibition explores her life and career, from her Celtic roots in England to her years in Mexico, celebrating her as one of the most visionary figures of the 20thcentury and of female Surrealism.
M.C. ESCHER. BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE
From September 25 to February 8, 2026
Mudec
With over 90 works including engravings, woodcuts and lithographs, in addition to over 40 Islamic objects, the exhibition describes Escher’s evolution: from his early days influenced by Art Nouveau to his famous tessellations, metamorphic cycles and optical illusions in which art and mathematics blend to form a unique language.
MAN RAY. FORMS OF LIGHT
From September 24 to January 11, 2026
Palazzo Reale
Showing at Palazzo Reale from September is also the retrospective devoted to Man Ray, the pioneer of photography as a creative medium. The exhibition explores his career from the early stages in New York and Parisian years amid the avant-garde movements and muses such as Kiki de Montparnasse to his famous “rayographs”, solarizations and portraits. An exhibition that celebrates a brilliant and revolutionary 20th-century artist.
APPIANI. NEOCLASSICISM IN MILAN
From September 23 to January 11, 2026
Palazzo Reale
Palazzo Reale hosts a great exhibition devoted to Andrea Appiani, the master of Italian Neoclassicism and “First Painter” of the Kingdom of Italy in the Napoleonic era. With over 100 works from prestigious international and Italian collections, the exhibition explores the gracefulness and rigour of his art, revealing to the public the dynamism of Neoclassical Milan and the artist’s key role on the European scene.
THE THREE GREATS OF SPAIN: THREE VISIONS, ONE LEGACY
From October 25 to January 25, 2026 Fabbrica del Vapore
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Fabbrica del Vapore hosts this exhibition that celebrates Picasso, Miró and Dalí with over 250 works from international museums and private collections. An exhibition that explores the contribution of the three masters to modern art, their individual identity and impact on 20th-century history, with a focus on Guernica and Dalì’s stage sceneries, shown for the first time in Italy.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND IMPRESSIVE EXHIBITIONS TO SEE IN TOWN
THROUGH MY EYES. FRIDA KAHLO AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MYTH
From October 8 to January 11, 2026
MyOwnGallery
An exhibition featuring 75 photographs explores the birth of Frida Kahlo’s myth, revealing the bond between the artist and photography. The shots of Weston, Muray, Cunningham, Freund and others bring out the woman in her in addition to the icon, capable of transforming her life into myth. A special section with Graciela Iturbide evokes her absence through personal objects kept for 50 years.
BY Anna Repellini
1 URBAN UPDATE
FORTELA
Sartorial style and a contemporary soul in the Fortela collections, inspired by the travels and experiences of Alessandro Squarzi and Alessia Giacobino. Now their collections occupy a new space in Porta Venezia: an atelier of ideas and creativity, bursting with exquisite details and cosmopolitan inspiration. (Via Sirtori, 32)
A NEW PROJECT FOR CLAN UPSTAIRS AND CPRN
From September, the Clan Upstairs space is furnished with items from the CPRN range, in line with their shared vision of lifestyle: a dialogue that confirms Clan Upstairs’ commitment to experimentation in its sought-afer international mix of brands in a boutique inspired by the search for emerging labels. (Via Pontaccio, 15)
DE MONTEL
The largest natural thermal bath of any city in Italy: health, wellness and architecture at the De Montel - Terme Milano spa complex. In the former De Montel stables at San Siro racecourse, this splendid example of Liberty architecture boasts an area of more than 16,000 square metres, including 10,000 metres of courtyard and green areas, entirely devoted to wellbeing. (Via Achille, 6)
ORIZZONTI
The top floor of Uptown Palace Hotel is home to Orizzonti, the new roofop restaurant serving up a spectacular sensory experience: 360-degree views of the Milanese skyline and all the flavour of mediterranean-inspired cooking.
(Via Santa Sofia, 10)
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AURA ADVANCED CLINICS
A new multi-purpose facility offering consultants in Healthy Ageing and preventive and regenerative Aesthetic Medicine: Aura Advanced Clinics provide treatments to optimise the balance between beauty and wellness in both mind and body. (Via Ripamonti, 11)
TEMAKINHO
Four restaurants, four different target audiences for the unifying concept of Temakinho, the pioneer of Japanese-Brazilian fusion in Italy. Fuego, Arya, Tierra and Aqua are the four Milan manifestations of this highly original brand. (Via Guglielmo Marconi, 4; Corso Garibaldi, 59; Via Lazzaro Papi, 10; Via Giovanni Boccaccio, 4)
LORO PIANA
Via Monte Napoleone, 27 Milano
COLD À PORTER
Accessories that look ahead to winter with original details in fur and tricot, in confident preparation for the coming cold
ERMANNO SCERVINO
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Via della Spiga, 4/16 Milano
MAX MARA
Corso XXII Marzo,
Milano
VALENTINO
Via Santo Spirito, 4 Milano
PRADA
Via Monte Napoleone, 8 Milano
GIORGIO ARMANI
AIGNER
Via Tommaso Grossi, 1 Milano
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, 3 Milano
FERRAGAMO
Via Monte Napoleone, 20/4 Milano
CARAMEL
Choosing a non-colour means having very clear ideas and a style concept that doesn’t need to shock to impress, but acts on sweetness
FENDI
Via Monte Napoleone, 3 Milano
DOLCE&GABBANA
Via Monte Napoleone, 4 Milano
GIORGIO ARMANI
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, 3
Milano
DOLCE&GABBANA
Via Monte Napoleone, 4 Milano
SHADES OF BROWN
An elegant colour that pairs well with light tones but surprises with dark ones, conveying a comfortable sophistication that focuses on details
Via Monte Napoleone, 3
Via Monte Napoleone, 6
PRADA
Milano
FENDI
Milano
THE MADONNINA AND THE DUOMO TERRACES
Two
symbols of Milan that are always current
TEXT Francesca Lombardi PHOTO Courtesy of Veneranda Fabbrica
The Duomo is the undisputed symbol of Milan all over the world, the city’s beating heart both for believers and for anyone who loves history and beauty. For many years, the Duomo Terraces and their Madonnina have fascinated day-trippers to Milan and lifelong residents alike.
We’ll tell you all about them in this article.
THE MADONNINA
The first documented mention of possibly placing a statue of the Virgin on top of the Great Spire is found in a drawing by the architect Cesare Cesariano dated 1521, which shows a central spire
THE FIRST DOCUMENTED MENTION OF POSSIBLY PLACING A STATUE OF THE VIRGIN ON TOP OF THE GREAT SPIRE IS FOUND IN A DRAWING BY
THE ARCHITECT
CESARIANO
DATED 1521
topped by a statue of the Madonna of the Assumption. Francesco Croce, the architect of the Veneranda Fabbrica, was commissioned to build the Great Spire on 21 June 1762. In 1765 he suggested adorning the spire with a statue of the Virgin being carried up to heaven by angels.
The task of creating the statue was entrusted to sculptor Giuseppe Perego, who in 1769 presented three different solutions. Terracota models of the first and third (definitive) proposals are still preserved in the Sala della Madonnina at the Museo del Duomo, which also contains a head carved from a single
del Duomo di Milano
IN 1939, ON THE EVE OF
THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE MADONNINA WAS COVERED BY A GREY-GREEN CLOTH WHICH
REMAINED IN PLACE FOR FIVE YEARS
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With its spectacular terrace overlooking Piazza del Duomo and its elegant interiors, this is one of Milan’s most exclusive spots.
Camparino in Galleria
Camparino in Galleria was born on the wave of Futurism, restored in the 70s, and enlarged in the 90s. Today its windows continue to reflect the enchanted lights of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.
N’Ombra de Vin
This “holy” place is set in the refectory of a 16th-century Augustinian monastery next to the Basilica of San Marco.
trunk of walnut. Approval was granted on 17 June 1769, and the statue was carved by sculptor and model-maker Giuseppe Antignati, while the supporting structure was made by the blacksmith Varino. The goldsmith Giuseppe Bini shaped and beat copper plates onto the wooden statue, which was then gilded using 156 booklets each containing two sheets of pure gold, under the guidance of the painter Anton Raphael Mengs.
No particular ceremony was held for the installation of the Madonnina, which was completed in 1773, but remained in the Veneranda Fabbrica premises until the last days of December 1774, due to the initial fear of damage due to lightning and wind.
The story goes that on the night of 27 December, the faction that wanted the statue on the highest spire placed it there surreptitiously, while the city slept.
The Madonnina on her spire – whose 250th anniversary we celebrated last year – reminds the faithful that our road is a long one towards the east, towards God, the ultimate destination of our journey.
In August 1939, on the eve of the Second World War, the Madonnina was covered by a grey-green cloth which remained in place for five years, to avoid offering an easy target for bombers. The statue was uncovered on 6 May 1945 in a solemn ritual by Cardinal Schuster, the then Archbishop of Milan. Between 9 June and 27 July 1967, the restoration of the Madonnina entailed the complete removal of the copper plates and their re-gilding using a mordant, and the replacement of the original iron supporting structure, which was dangerously rusted (and now preserved in the Museum) with a new stainless steel core. The latest re-gilding of the Madonnina
The upper Terraces are among the most picturesque places in the city, offering magnificent views over Milan and, on clear days, as far as the mountains that surround the Po Valley
happened in 2012, to coincide with the restoration of the Great Spire.
But the Madonnina has enormous sentimental and popular appeal for the people of Milan: according to a law from the 1930s, no building in the city can be taller than the statue on the Duomo. Today, any building higher than 108 metres is topped by a replica of the Madonnina, reminding us that we may be rising higher, but She is always nearest to heaven.
These are the numbers of the Terraces, perhaps the most stunning part of Milan’s Duomo. Conceived by the architects from the very start of construction as the legacy of the international Gothic movement, the accessibility of the terraces has led to the establishment of a new relationship between the Cathedral and the surrounding
area. The walkways are easy to access on foot or by lif: on the first level (some 31 metres above the ground) they
135 SPIRES, 3400
STATUES, 150 GARGOYLES, 96 GIANTS, 410 CORBELS.
THESE ARE THE NUMBERS OF THE TERRACES
PERHAPS THE MOST STUNNING
PART OF MILAN’S DUOMO
run the entire perimeter of the building as far as the counter-façade. From here, two steep staircases ascend
to the upper level (45 metres above ground) and the central terrace, the highest point open to visitors, which occupies approximately 1530 square metres, corresponding with the main nave below.
The upper Terraces are among the most picturesque places in the city, offering magnificent views over Milan and, on clear days, as far as the mountains that surround the Po Valley. The Terraces are graced by 135 richly decorated spires; the tallest, the Great Spire, was built between 1765 and 1770 under the direction of architect Francesco Croce.
Shining on its apex is a statue of the Virgin of the Assumption, made in gilded copper plates.
The Terraces are a privileged viewpoint over Milan, where visitors can take a stunning walk among this ‘forest of stone’, teeming with wonderful decorations sculpted in gorgeous Candoglia marble.
Codex Atlanticus, from the Ambrosiana to the world. The history and curiosities of Leonardo da Vinci’s most important thoughts on art and science
TEXT Virginia Mammoli
It’s the largest existing collection of writings and drawings by one of the greatest geniuses in human history. Since 1637, it has been preserved at the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, where Leonardo da Vinci (whose celebrated Portrait of a Musician is also kept here) spent a crucial period of his life, working as an engineer and artist at the Sforza court. During this time he painted some of his most famous works, including The Last Supper and Lady with an Ermine, designed fortifications and focused on architecture, changing the face of the city forever.
DESIGNS FOR MACHINES AND TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON NATURAL PHENOMENA, AS WELL AS SKETCHES OF FACES AND LANDSCAPES AND ANATOMICAL
DRAWINGS
From 1478 until his death in 1519, Leonardo recorded – in his distinctive mirror writing, from right to lef – his thoughts and reminders, notes of expenditure, designs for machines and technical solutions and reflections on natural phenomena, as well as sketches of faces and landscapes, anatomical drawings and accounts of personal affairs. Between the late 16th and early 17th centuries, all this was collated by the sculptor Pompeo Leoni, who arranged the manuscripts and drawings on large pages, the size then used for atlases, hence the name Codex Atlanticus (atlante meaning atlas in Latin).
FOUR OF THE ORIGINAL LEAVES
OF THE CODEX ARRIVED AT THE OSAKA EXPO
AND THE ITALIAN PAVILION
For scholars of the time, consulting the codex was a major ambition, but also a real challenge, due both to its size – 1,119 leaves giving over 2,200 pages – and the precautions needed to safeguard such an important legacy. Today this can be done digitally on codex-atlanticus. ambrosiana.it, or partially, thanks to themed exhibitions at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, which is engaged in the restoration and maintenance of the leaves, appropriately mounted and displayed in rotation for conservational reasons.
Napoleon himself was fascinated by this extraordinary compendium, so much so
that in 1796 he placed it on the list of artistic and scientific items to be expropriated and brought to Paris. So on 14 August the Codex Atlanticus arrived at the Bibliothèque National de France.
Following Napoleon’s defeat in 1815, the Congress of Vienna decreed the return of artworks to their countries of origin.
It is said that Antonio Canova, charged with negotiating the recovery of items for the Papal State, played a fundamental role in including the Codex Atlanticus – which was almost mistaken for a Chinese artefact, due to its backto-front writing – among items to be recovered, ensur-
ing its return to the Biblioteca Ambrosiana.
Now, in 2025, four of the original leaves of the codex have once again lef the Ambrosiana to travel the world, arriving at the Osaka Expo and the Italian Pavilion, whose theme is Art regenerates life. The descriptions range from mechanics to architecture, via visionary inventions and scientific insights. A symbol of the Renaissance that made Italy great, these are no relics to be contemplated, but tools for reading the present, connections between art and science, invention and form; the work of a genius who remains incredibly current even half a millennium on.
The Codex Atlanticus is the largest existing collection of writings and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci (1,119 leaves giving over 2,200 pages). Since 1637, it has been preserved at the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan (beside)
IDENTITARTE
Sculptures in Moltrasio, the exhibition on Lake Como
The protagonists are Carrara’s marble, Moltrasio’s marble, the sculptors, the location, and the history of the area that characterizes Lake Como in this original and engaging open-air exhibition. Not far from Como city, just past the town of Cernobbio, heading towards Como Lake, Argegno along the Statale Vecchia Regina, are some lakeside towns worth visiting, such as the village of Moltrasio. With medieval origins, this village is known for its views and for its Moltrasio stone, a black material that, with prolonged exposure to the sun, becomes much lighter and used for construction throughout the province and in adjacent Switzerland. This precious material has more recently been valorized by skilled sculptors who have worked it in a con-
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temporary style, as in this exhibition of works located in the hillside and lakeside village areas. The majestic poetic forms presented were created to remain on public display for a long time. Bruno Luzzani draws inspiration from the cosmos, tracing the orbits of the planets and the paths of the stars.
Alcide Gallani’s work “From the Earth to the Moon”
draws inspiration from a symbolic seed. Vito Valentino Cimarosti draws inspiration from the Breva, the breeze that blows from south to north.
Fabio Ceschina’s large Pomona is the result of a harmonious metaphor between a large poma (apple), fertility, and the female body. The exhibition also features two permanent works by the recently deceased Massimo Clerici, inspired by the master musician and composer Vincenzo Bellini and Virgilio Ranzato, a renowned Venetian violinist who both lived in Moltrasio.
‘This is an art event intended as interpretation of our territory within IdentitArte; a cultural itinerary among people and places of Moltrasio involving local artists, curated by art critic Luigi Cavadini,’ as revealed by the Mayor Giuseppe Carrano.
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TheroomsoftheCitteriopalace housed the famous collection of Emilio Jesi
GRANDE BRERA
Palazzo Citerio completes an extraordinary complex
TEXT Francesca Lombardi PHOTO Walter Vecchio
WHAT TO SEE WHEN YOU GET HERE?
DEFINITELY RISSA IN GALLERIA BY BOCCIONI, BUT
ALSO
MODIGLIANI, CARRÀ, PICASSO AND MORANDI
Grande Brera has opened, afer a wait of more than fify years. The project has a long history, which began with the state’s purchase of the magnificent Palazzo Citerio and concluded thanks to the efforts of Angelo Crespi, director of the new Grande Brera. Even back in Franco Russoli’s days, four fabulous collections of modern art were housed here; those of Matioli, Jesi, Junker, Vitali. But the Brera was then only used for ancient art, but nowadays the Jesi and Vitali collections are perfectly at home in the newly-refurbished palazzo. It’s interesting to step back and take a fresh look at the
building so as to gain a better understanding of the layout, designed by architect Mario Cucinella. A baroque
A BAROQUE
18TH-CENTURY PALACE, IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY THE TOP FLOOR WAS HOME TO EMILIO JESI AND HIS WIFE MARIA
18th-century palace, located at Via Brera 12-14; in the early 20th century the top
floor of what is now known as Palazzo Citerio was home to Emilio Jesi and his wife Maria. The pair shared a boundless passion for 20th-century Italian art, and each week they invited painters and collectors to come together and chat about their upcoming artworks over a cup of coffee. Emilio was a great admirer of Filippo De Pisis, owning more that twenty of his paintings, and of Boccioni, of whom he owned Rissa in galleria and other canvases depicting Milanese nightlife in the early 20th century. He was also keen on Morandi and Sironi, and Modigliani’s female portraits. The museography is simple in concept, dictated by bequests, and in some
Autoritratto(recto)
Umberto Boccioni
ways the museum is reminiscent of a grand Milanese residence with its own private art collection. The same can be said of the Vitali collection: the heirs to both requested that they be kept separately. Having resolved the knoty issue of layout, Crespi immediately had very clear ideas about how to communicate the Grande Brera: “It wasn’t just about enlarging the exhibition spaces, on the model of the Tate Modern as we saw it in the 70s. I decided to present the Grande Brera as a single entity consisting of the Pinacoteca itself, the Academy of Fine Arts, the Lombardy Astronomical Observatory and the Botanical Garden, as
well as the Amici di Brera Association, the Lombardy Historical Society, the Archive of
THE
VITALI
COLLECTION CONTRIBUTES
ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT 20TH-CENTURY WORKS, AS WELL AS ANCIENT FINDS
Memories and, now, Palazzo Citerio.” Over the centuries, the Brera complex has been
the seat of the religious order of the Humiliati, and later a Jesuit seminary; it has been owned by Maria Theresa of Austria and also by Napoleon, the Savoy monarchy and the Italian Republic: it is, in short, an invaluable archive of the prominent citizens who have lived in and altered the buildings and the communities who have used them and continue to do so on a daily basis. And it is precisely this that Crespi seeks to communicate. What to see when you get here? Definitely Rissa in galleria by Boccioni, mentioned previously. But there are also Modigliani’s long-necked, almond-eyed women, The Metaphysical
Muse by Carlo Carrà, Picasso’s Bull’s Head, 1942, and the 13 Morandi pieces that fill an entire room. These paintings are part of the Jesi collection, and they can now be viewed exactly as they were seen by guests arriving in coffee-dealer Emilio Jesi’s home a century ago. The Lamberto Vitali collection also contributes some enormously important 20th-century works, as well as archaeological finds including Egyptian urns and Mycenaean jewellery, Romanesque sculptures and medieval mosaics. There’s a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci and three by Edgar Degas. A room overlooking the garden has walls lined with the 152
self-portraits commissioned by Cesare Zavatini from leading 20th-century artists;
THE BRAMANTESTYLE TEMPIETTO ONCE AGAIN ENTERS INTO DIALOGUE WITH THE PINACOTECA
TARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS INCLUDING
he asked his contemporaries to give a free interpretation of themselves. Significantly,
this was the first time modern art came to the Brera. In a first-floor room just outside the new 20th-century additions, the rioting labourers of Giuseppe Pellizza’s four-metre canvas The Fourth Estate (1898) greet visitors and create a connection with the treasures of the Pinacoteca. But the first thing one sees on entering Palazzo Citerio is a wooden pavilion in the form of a circular temple, offering a covered space to sit and rest. Donated by Salone del Mobile. Milano, the Bramante-style Tempieto once again enters into dialogue with the Pinacoteca, since it draws inspiration from a detail in Raphael’s Marriage of the Virgin.
A rooms of the Jesi Collection
ART NOUVEAU IN MILAN
A journey through wonders, hidden symbols and floral decorations that celebrate the aesthetics of curves
TEXT Teresa Favi PHOTO Rossella Papetti
Milan is a dynamic and avant-garde city, but those who know how
to look with more atentive eyes will discover the elegant and refined treasure that the city hides behind its modern facade: Art Nouveau architecture. In the early decades of the twentieth century, while the members of the industrial bourgeoisie asserted their taste and influence, the city was being filled with sinuous buildings, floral decorations and details that described a world made of beauty, symbols and wonder. It is not just an architectural heritage: it is an invitation to slow down, to observe, to let oneself be carried away by the poetry of stone and wrought iron.
PORTA VENEZIA
The Porta Venezia neighborhood is the heart of the Milanese Art Nouveau style. The
most striking building is Palazzo Castiglioni at 47 Corso Venezia: when it was inaugurated in 1903, it caused a stir due to two semi-nude female statues placed at the entrance and earning it the popular nickname of Ca’ di ciapp (house of butocks). Today those statues are no longer there, but the palazzo remains a manifesto of Milanese Art Nouveau style and testifies to the eccentric taste of the era. Also Via Donizeti is punctuated with Art Nouveau buildings. At the intersection with Via Bellini, architect Alfredo Campanini, intrigued by the modern style, turned his home, Casa Campanini, into a veritable work of art in 1905.
VIA MALPIGHI
Not far away, on Via Malpighi, stands the famous Casa Galimberti: a facade that looks like a large impressionist painting, covered in polychrome ceram-
ics depicting women, flowers, fruit and natural motifs. An interesting but litle-known fact: the artist who decorated the tiles, Giovanni Batista Bossi, drew inspiration from the botanical catalogs of the time. Right next to it, Casa Guazzoni, with its sinuous wrought iron railings, adds a touch of ‘fairy tale house’, making this street one of the most magical in the city. At the end of Via Malpighi, a hidden place takes us back to the origins of cinema, when Milan was among the first cities in Italy to produce films and show them to its audience. What is now a small and elegant library was one of the first buildings constructed to house a movie theater and it was given a French name to evoke the country where the seventh art was born: Cinema Dumont, now Biblioteca Porta Venezia. The word ‘movie theater’ has disappeared from
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To explore Art Nouveau in Milan,follow an itinerary that starts at Palazzo Castiglioni in Corso Venezia and continues towards the Porta Venezia area, where you can admire the colorful Casa Galimberti, the decorations of Casa Guazzoni and the Palazzina Liberty in Parco Vittorio Formentano. In Milan, you can find several Art Nouveau-style bars, such as Bar Magenta and Camparino in Galleria, which retain their original furnishings and the atmosphere of early 20th-century cafés. Ristorante Stendhal Brera is a corner of elegance in the heart of one of Milan’s most charming neighbourhoods. Here, Art Nouveau meets contemporary design in a space where every detail has been carefully considered.
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the facade, but the decoration from the day of the inauguration in 1910 remains: thanks to a prodigious use of concrete, a riot of ribbons and flowers frames the entrance, and the face of a woman watches over us from above.
QUADRILATERO
DEL SILENZIO
Not far from Porta Venezia, behind piazza Cavour, a nearly surreal oasis opens up: the so-called Quadrilateral of Silence. Here, the real secret is on Via Cappuccini: behind an elegant gate, you can catch a glimpse of pink flamingos living in a private garden. Not far away, Palazzo Berri Meregalli is a kaleidoscope of styles: Art Nouveau, medieval elements, Byzantine mosaics.
LA CASA DELL’ORECCHIO
Perhaps not everyone knows that at 10 Via Serbelloni there is one of the most unique buildings in the city: Palazzo Sola-Busca, designed by the Mantuan artist Aldo Andreani between 1924 and 1927. Imposing, made of concrete and
bricks, with an almost triangular plan and eight floors, it is an extraordinary example of monumental Art Nouveau style. But what makes it unique is its ‘intercom’. On the right wall of the main door, there is indeed a bronze ear, sculpted in 1930 by Adolfo Wildt. And it is not a mere ornament, but the first intercom in Milan – and one of the first in the world. The work, called ‘the ca’ dell’oreggia,’ by Milanese people, was sculpted with surprising realism: the ear pavilion, the auditory canal, even the strands of hair can be distinguished. A fascinating legend has emerged over time around this ear: it is said that those who whisper their wishes to it may one day see them come true.
CORSO MAGENTA
The Corso Magenta district, known for the Last Supper, also houses Art Nouveau wonders. Casa Laugier, with its flowered balconies, seems to want to transform the facade into a vertical garden.
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ART TO BE WORN
The Arte & Moda creations by Pierangelo Masciadri that turn Italian culture into exclusive accessories
Fashion as a bridge between culture and style: this is the vision behind the creations of Pierangelo Masciadri, a designer with deep roots in art – cultivated during his studies at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts – and the heart of an artisan. For over thirty years he has been interpreting masterpieces of Italian art, turning them into elegant accessories in 100% made-in-Como silk, among the best in the world, and expertly hand-crafed in limited editions that speak of an extraordinarily beautiful aesthetic heritage. In his two atelier-showrooms in Bellagio, which he runs with his daughters Laura and Silvia, every design is shaped by a dialogue with the most iconic artworks: paintings, sculptures, musical compositions and architectural features become the exclusive subjects of fou-
lards, also perfect worn as ponchos, cafans, tops and blouses, original ties, bags and other items in which silk, leather and glass come together with flair and intelligence. Then there are collections inspired by
MASTERPIECES OF ITALIAN ART TRANSFORMED INTO ELEGANT ACCESSORIES IN 100% MADE-IN-COMO SILK
the natural world, such as the Lago di Seta line, which captures the dancing light reflected on Lake Como, transposed into vibrant colours on sof, light and glossy silk, and even
fragrances designed to evoke similar emotions. This is art to be lived, in which an everyday act takes on aesthetic and cultural significance; pieces that have impressed well-known figures including Prince Albert of Monaco and Bill Gates, Oscar-winning actress Goldie Hawn and actor Kurt Russell, top models Tyra Banks and Paulina Porizkova and art critics Vitorio Sgarbi and Philippe Daverio, as well as politicians Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Confirmation of the timeless elegance and global appeal that comes from the ability to express art in the form of fashion. Pierangelo Masciadri doesn’t create clothing; he designs wearable stories that are aesthetically exquisite and authentically Italian, for an international audience seeking quality, culture and originality.
In his two atelier-showrooms in Bellagio, which Pierangelo Masciadri runs with his daughters Laura and Silvia (below), paintings, sculptures, musical compositions and architectural features become the exclusive subjects of foulards, also perfect worn as ponchos, caftans, tops and blouses, original ties, bags (ph. Andrea Dughetti)
TOP PLACES TO SEE IN MILAN
Museums, churches and all the atractions that you should not miss in city. Reservations are recommended in some museums, ask your ‘Les Clefs D’Or’ concierge
BASILICA OF SAN SIMPLICIANO
A basilica founded by Bishop Ambrose, the façade and its doorway remains from the Romanesque period. Beautiful to visit the two cloisters.
Piazza San Simpliciano, 7 ph. +39 02 862274 sansimpliciano.it
BASILICA OF SANT’AMBROGIO
Founded in the 4th century, the basilica is one of oldest churches in the city, a striking example of Romanesque architecture.
The basilica and convent of the parish of San Vitore al Corpo. The architecture of the church, built between 1492 and 1493 at the behest of the Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro as a mausoleum for his family, is one of the greatest achievements of the Renaissance in northern Italy. Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is in the refectory of the convent.
Piazza di Santa Maria delle Grazie ph. +39 02 4676111 legraziemilano.it
BASILICA SANT’EUSTORGIO & PORTINARI CHAPEL
Piazza Sant’Eustorgio hides traces of medieval Milan. The church bell tower is the tallest in town (seventy-five meters high), built in 1306 and is the oldest in Europe afer Big Ben. The Portinari Chapel is a Renaissance gem. Piazza Sant’Eustorgio, 1 ph. +39 02 58101583 santeustorgio.it
BIBLIOTECA NAZIONALE BRAIDENSE
The third-largest Italian library, containing some million and a half items. Of this vast heritage, major subsets include 2,367 manuscripts, 40,000 autographs and more than 23,000 newspaper headlines. Since July 2015 the library has been part of
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CASA DEGLI ATELLANI & LEONARDO’S VINEYARD
delle Grazie, in the courtyard of Casa degli Atellani, the fifteenth-century residence of Ludovico il Moro and the last remaining trace of the ancient Borgo delle Grazie.
Corso Magenta, 65 ph. +39 02 25061895 casadegliatellani.it
CASTELLO SFORZESCO
Via Brera, 28 ph. +39 02 72263401
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While Leonardo da Vinci was in Milan, Duke Ludovico il Moro gave him a vineyard in the centre of the city in appreciation for the magnificent works he was creating to embellish the ducal city. This was Leonardo’s Vineyard: reopened to the public for Expo 2015, the vineyard is located near Santa Maria
It was originally a fortress built by Gian Galeazzo Visconti in the 15th century. One hundred years later, Francesco Sforza made it his noble residence afer taking possession of Milan. Ludovico Sforza founded one of the most sophisticated courts in Europe and called the best artists of the time to embellish the castle, including Leonardo da Vinci and Filarete. The imposing building today is a unique museum complex divided into the Civic Museums, which house permanent exhibitions and a rich program of temporary art shows and events. It includes the Museum of Ancient Art, the Egyptian Museum, the Museum of Prehistory and Protohistory, the Museum of Applied Arts, the Museum of Musical Instruments, the Museum of Furniture and Wooden Sculptures, the Trivulziana Library, the Pinacoteca, and the Pietà Rondanini. Piazza Castello ph. +39 02 88463700 milanocastello.it
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the Pinacoteca di Brera museum complex, under the direction of James M. Bradburne.
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CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA NEAR SAN SATIRO
Built in two phases, the church of Santa Maria dates to 1486. Bramante was responsible for the architecture, creating a unique trompe-l’oeil choir.
Via Torino, 17/19 ph. +39 02 874683
CHURCH OF SAN MAURIZIO
AL MONASTERO MAGGIORE
All the walls and ceilings inside the ex-convent San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore were painted by Bernardino Luini, who worked in the church between 1522 and 1529, depicting episodes of the Bible. This triumph of frescoes is considered to be the Milanese Sistine Chapel.
Corso Magenta, 13
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THE MONUMENTAL CEMETERY
Founded in 1866 as a burial place open to all citizens of Milan, this identity has shifed over time, and the cemetery has become a genuine anthem to Milan-ness, not only a resting place for the departed but an important part of the city’s history. The largest area is the Famedio, from the Latin famae aedes, temple of fame. Here lie Alessandro Manzoni, Carlo Cataneo, Luca Beltrami, Leo Valiani, Bruno Munari, Carlo Forlanini and Salvatore Quasimodo. Piazzale Cimitero Monumentale ph. +39 02 88465600 comune.milano.it
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CITYLIFE
This area was a residential neighbourhood, dominated by the imposing Fiera Campionaria warehouses, but with the advent of the new, daring Fiera in Rho the vacant place was the perfect opportunity for a complex architectural project, with beautiful houses, two towers designed by Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind, a third skyscraper by Arata Isozaki known as “il Drito,” a beautiful park and a lively shopping mall open every day.
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MILAN CATHEDRAL
Located in the square that shares its name, the Duomo is dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente and is Italy’s largest church. Symbol and protector of the Milanese people, the Madonnina is made in beaten and gilded copper plates, today supported by a framework of stainless steel. The Madonnina has stood on the main spire of the cathedral since 1774. The building has 135 pinnacles and contains
some 3,400 statues and over 700 figures carved in marble relief.
Piazza del Duomo ph. +39 02 72023375 duomomilano.it
GALLERIA
VITTORIO EMANUELE II
Designed by Giuseppe Mengoni, this shopping center’s foundation stone was laid in 1865 by Vitorio Emanuele II, hence its name. From its inception, the Galleria was a meeting place for the Milanese bourgeois, earning it the nickname Milan’s living room. It has a cross plan with an octagonal iron and glass roof, 47 metres high. The visitor’s gaze is drawn toward the floor mosaics, which represent the coats of arms of Rome, Flor-
ence, Turin and Milan. Alongside some of the city’s historic cafes, inside the gallery you’ll find boutiques of the world’s great fashion houses.
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LAST SUPPER CENACOLO VINCIANO
Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, frescoed from 1495-97 on the commission of Ludovico Sforza in the refectory of the Dominican monastery of the Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie, was immediately hailed by Leonardo’s contemporaries as the cornerstone of Renaissance art.
Piazza di Santa Maria delle Grazie ph. +39 02 4676111 legraziemilano.it
PALAZZO REALE
It was the city’s center of power beginning in the 13th century, and today it’s the top spot for cultural offerings, with a packed calendar of exhibitions.
Thirty-eight hectares of English-style lawns, paths, copses, lakes and areas dedicated to sports. Enjoy the clean morning air and discover corners of the park that usually go unnoticed: admire the original Aquarium built in 1906, the Torre Branca by Gio Ponti (1933), the metaphysical Teatro by Alberto Burri (1973), recently given a new life, and De Chirico’s newly-restored Mysterious Baths fountain (1973).
RONDANINI PIETÀ CASTELLO SFORZESCO
The final, unfinished work of Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Rondanini Pietà - on display at the new Castello Sforzesco Museum - is the artist’s testament and meditation on death and salvation. In this work the sculptor renounces bodily perfection and heroic beauty, depicting the dead Christ as a symbol of suffering. Piazza Castello ph. +39 02 88463700 milanocastello.it
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PINACOTECA
AMBROSIANA
Established in 1618 afer Cardinal Borromeo’s bequeathal of statues and paintings. Among the awe-inspiring works are Leonardo’s Portrait
of a Musician and Caravaggio’s Basket of Fruit.
Piazza Pio XI, 2 ph. +39 02 806921 ambrosiana.it
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PINACOTECA DI BRERA
The painting and sculpture gallery (Pinacoteca) flanked the Accademia di Belle Arti for educational purposes. When Milan became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (1805),
bequests and acquisitions from Veneto, Emilia Romagna and Marche arrived at the gallery. Major works include Mantegna’s Dead Christ, Raphael’s Marriage of the Virgin, Caravaggio’s Supper at Emmaus and others by Carpaccio, Piero della Francesca, Titian, Tintoreto and Veronese. Via Brera, 28 ph. +39 02 72263230 pinacotecabrera.org
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PIRELLI HANGARBICOCCA
An exhibition space for modern and contemporary art in the Bicocca quarter of the city. Since it opened it has hosted shows by Marina Abramović, Carsten Höller, Alfredo Jaar, Philippe Parreno, Laure Prouvost and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. It’s also the site of
a permanent installation by Anselm Kiefer.
Via Chiese, 2 ph. +39 02 66111573 pirellihangarbicocca.org
Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
PLANETARIO
ULRICO HOEPLI
across a large dome. Corso Venezia, 57 ph. +39 02 88463340 lofficina.eu
PORTA NUOVA
The Planetarium vaunts paintings of the constellations on its facade. Inside, look up at the sky from the 300 moving armchairs
Milan’s skyline was redrawn thanks to the Porta Nuova area, the city’s most contemporary neighbourhood and home to the Torre Unicredit, designed by Cesar Pelli, who was also behind the adjacent piazza Gae Aulenti, an open-air shopping mall. In October 2018, the Biblioteca degli Alberi Park was inaugurated, designed by the Dutch landscaper Petra Blaisse. Not too far away, Stefano Boeri’s award-winning residential buildings are atention-grabbing: the two innovative towers, known as the Vertical Forest, are standing side-byside almost entirely covered in vegetation.
Piazzale Principessa Clotilde, 37
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THE FASHION QUADRILATERAL
The area of Milan renowned all over the world as a luxury shopping district, packed with jewellers, boutiques and showrooms for the most exclusive, acclaimed and expensive names in clothing, design and interiors. So called because it is bordered by four famous streets: Via Monte Napoleone, Via Manzoni, Via della Spiga and Corso Venezia.
THE DUOMO TERRACES
Uterly unique in Italy. Like ancient stone stalagmites reaching skywards, the pinnacles tower above the shining marble cathedral. Every structural or ornamental detail of their architecture and decoration carries the legacy of the sculpture tradition handed down from the master stonemasons who bring their wisdom and expertise to everything they create.
The 16th-century Palazzo Sormani is today the city library,
boasting the largest collection of books, periodicals and multimedia in Milan. A reading garden at the back of the building is open from April to October.
Corso di Porta Vitoria, 6 ph. +39 800 880066
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TEATRO ALLA SCALA
The most famous opera house in the world, with an audience as critical as it is appreciative, the theatre made its name in Milan’s history through Giuseppe Verdi, Arturo Toscanini and Maria Callas, who was discovered here in 1955. Inaugurated in 1778 and renowned since then for its acoustics. The La Scala season officially opens each year with an opera on December 7, the feast day of St. Ambrose, patron saint of the city. Via Filodrammatici, 2 teatroallascala.org
TORRE BRANCA
Originally called Torre Litoria, this steel structure was built in 1933 to a design by architect Giò Ponti, and stands in Milan’s Sempione Park. At 108.6 metres, it is the tenth tallest accessible building in the city.
Viale Luigi Camoens, 2 ph. +39 02 3314120 museobranca.it
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TRIENNALE MILANO
Situated in Parco Sempione, Palazzo dell’Arte has housed La Triennale (p. 154) since 1933, founded to promote design and applied arts through international shows. Today it’s home to the Triennale Design Museum, with exhibitions that retrace the history of iconic objects crafed in Italy, tackling issues linked to design and production.
A house museum which is the fruit of an extraordinary late 19th -century collection put together by two brothers- Barons Fausto and Giuseppe Bagati Valsecchi, who decided to renovate their family home in the heart of Milan in Renaissance Revival-style to house their rich collection of 15th and 16th -century works of art and artifacts.
Via Gesù, 5 ph. + 39 02 76006132
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
BOSCHI DI STEFANO HOUSE MUSEUM
A historic residence in Milan. Designed by Piero Portaluppi, it was the home of Antonio Boschi (1896-1988) and Marieda di Stefano (1901-1968): the couple, over a lifetime, put together an extraordinary 20th-century contemporary art collection. On display in the rooms of their apartment are about
three hundred pieces selected among the collection’s over two thousand paintings and sculptures, including works by Piero Marussig, Umberto Boccioni, Mario Sironi, Giogio de Chirico, Arturo Martini, Achille Funi, Giorgio Morandi, Filippo de Pisis, Lucio Fontana, Renato Biroli, Aligi Sassu, Roberto Crippa, Enrico Baj, Piero Manzoni.
Via Giorgio Jan, 15 ph. +39 02 88463614 casamuseoboschidistefano.it
Closed Mondays
NECCHI CAMPIGLIO HOUSE MUSEUM
Nestled in a large private garden with swimming pool and tennis court downtown Milan, Villa Necchi Campiglio was completed in 1935. It was designed by architect Piero Portaluppi for the Necchi Campiglio family, members of Milan’s wealthy and elegant upper middle class in the 1930s. In the second postwar period, the Villa was renovated by architect Tomaso Buzzi, who sofened Portaluppi’s linear style by adding 18th century-inspired, in particular, Louis XV-style furnishing elements.
Via Mozart, 14 ph. +39 02 76340121 casemuseo.it/project/necchi-campiglio
Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
ARNALDO POMODORO FOUNDATION
The Foundation was started to pursue Arnaldo Pomodoro’s goal of creating the “Home of Sculpture”: a place open to the rereading of 20th-century art and to the creativity of young artists, a collective space for all those who love art.
Via Vigevano, 9 ph. +39 02 89075394 fondazionearnaldopomodoro.it
Closed Mondays and Saturdays
FELTRINELLI PORTA VOLTA FOUNDATION
The Fondazione Feltrinelli Porta Volta building is an urban cultural center designed by architects Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron. Opened in 2016 around the corner from Corso Como, the long steel and glass structure on Viale Pasubio, inspired by the farmstead buildings of traditional Lombard rural architecture, houses a bookstore, café, library and dedicated reading room.
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Throughout the year, there is no shortage of public events and lectures.
A space entirely devoted to fine-art photography. The idea was conceived by Contrasto and Fondazione Corriere della Sera along with ATM for the purpose of giving more space to photography in all its expressions as contemporary language, art form and communication tool.
Via Cernaia, 7 ph. +39 02 58118067 formafoto.it
FRANCO
ALBINI FOUNDATION
The Foundation was started 30 years afer the death of the architect to whom it owes its name at the studio of Franco Albini and Franca Helg. The Franco Albini collection includes about 22,000 designs, a photographic archive of over 6,000 vintage photos and 2,500 slides, in addition to models, writings, technical reports, books and magazines from the studio’s library. An invaluable heritage and a piece of our historical memory.
Via Telesio, 13 ph. +39 02 4982378 fondazionefrancoalbini.com
Closed Saturdays and Sundays
GIANFRANCO FERRÉ FOUNDATION
Established in 2008 for the purpose of preserving, puting in order and making available to the public- firstly in the form of virtual archive- whatever documents the creative activity of the fashion designer, by promoting initiatives in connection with Gianfranco Ferré’s philosophy, his design culture, his concept of fashion and aesthetics.
Via Tortona, 37 ph. +39 02 36580109
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FONDAZIONE
PRADA
The new Milan venue of the Fondazione Prada. Its multi-building architectural structure, a converted early 20th-century distillery with a combination of pre-existing buildings and three new edifices, Podium, Cinema and Torre, is a superb example of
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the interaction between conservative architecture and new styles. The building at the entrance to the new centre welcomes the public with two spaces: a children’s educational area and the Bar Luce, designed by Californian director Wes Anderson.
Largo Isarco, 2 ph. +39 02 56662611 fondazioneprada.org
Closed Tuesdays
ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI STUDIES FOUNDATION MUSEUM
It creates, promotes and makes known the various expressions of art and culture, in particular, the fields of design and architecture, as well as promoting and protecting, in Italy and abroad, the name and works of Achille Castiglioni as a designer and architect, while en-
couraging a more widespread knowledge of Italian design.
Established in 2010, it houses design and architecture exhibitions and offers guided visits, conferences and debates on these themes, as well as workshops and educational activities for students.
Via Vincenzo Bellini, 1 ph. +39 02 76002964 vicomagistreti.it
Closed Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays
GALLERIE D’ITALIA
The Gallerie d’Italia spans three jewels of Milanese aristocratic architecture. Palazzo Anguissola and Palazzo Brentani house masterpieces from the 19th century, from Canova to Boccioni, Hayez to Segantini. The third building, Palazzo Beltrami, houses 20th-century artworks and themed exhibitions.
Piazza della Scala, 6 ph. +39 800167619
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D’ARTE MODERNA
Its halls display Francesco Hayez, Segantini, Canova and Medardo Rosso, plus temporary shows. Via Palestro, 16 ph. +39 02 88445943
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GIÒ MARCONI GALLERY
Gió Marconi Gallery started in 1990 under the initiative of Gió Marconi who had previously created Studio Marconi 17, an experimental space for young artists and curators that he ran from 1987 to 1990. In its opening year, the gallery had showcased exhibitions by Martin Kippenberger, Mario Schifano as well as Richard Hamilton. In the 30 years to follow, has developed an ongoing vibrant program and its own consistent approach to exhibiting and combining brave choices well ahead of their time.
Via Tadino, 15/20 ph. +39 02 29404373 giomarconi.com
Closed Sundays and Mondays
LEONARDO3 MUSEUM - THE WORLD OF LEONARDO
An exhibition opened in Piazza della Scala, at the entrance to
Galleria Vitorio Emanuele, in March 2013. It was extended year afer year until it became a permanent exhibition. It showcases replicas of Leonardo’s inventions, many of which shown here for the first time ever: the Mechanical Eagle, the Great Kite, the Rapid Fire Crossbow, the Time Machine, the Harpsichord Viola, the Musical Cannon, the Aerial Screw with spring engine, the Submarine and the Giant Trumpet, just to mention a few of them. There are also over 200 3D interactive machines and a space entirely devoted to the Last Supper.
In 1999, Lia Rumma opened her art gallery’s branch in Milan, in the Brera neighborhood, with the solo exhibition by Enrico Castellani. For ten years, the gallery hosted a number of site-specific projects completing the exhibitions held in Naples. In 2010, Lia Rumma started the current gallery conceived for Art and Artists. A place designed to develop cultural relations, which has housed exhibitions
and monumental projects by the gallery’s artists (Marina Abramovic, Vanessa Beecrof, Victor Burgin, Clegg&Gutmann, Gary Hill, Alfredo Jaar etc.) and, over the years, has encouraged intense collaboration with art galleries, curators, critics and collectors.
Via Stilicone, 19 ph. +39 02 29000101 liarumma.it
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MASSIMO DE CARLO GALLERY
In 2019 Massimo De Carlo has acquired a new iconic building in the centre of Milan, which has become the epicentre of its activities. One of the most famous projects by Portaluppi. The spiral staircase on the exterior of the building, for example, had been used for the “Casa del Sabato per gli sposi”, shown at the Milan’s Triennale. Over the years, the gallery’s artists such as Maurizio Catelan, Rudolf Stingel, Piotr Uklański, Diego Perrone, Paola Pivi, Yan Pei-Ming, Kaari Upson, Andra Ursuta and Andrea Zitel have all gained international recognition, have been shown in galleries, museums
A Center for the development and spreading of children’s cultural projects for all ages, including visits to high schools and universities, training for teachers, educators and cultural workers, and theme conferences concerning temporary exhibitions-games.
Via Enrico Besana, 12 ph. +39 02 43980402 muba.it
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OF CULTURES
The Museum of Cultures project dates back to 1990, when the City of Milan purchased the former industrial Ansaldo area to use it for cultural activities. The disused factories, veritable monuments of industrial archeology, were converted into workshops,
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studios and new creative spaces. It is now a multidisciplinary center devoted to different cultures across the world and houses great international exhibitions.
Via Tortona, 56 ph. +39 02 54917 mudec.it
ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
It is housed in the former convent of the Church of San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore, and includes the Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Barbarian and Gandhara sections. The Prehistoric and Egyptian departments are housed in the Sforzesco Castle.
Corso Magenta, 15 ph. +39 02 88445208 museoarcheologicomilano.it
CIVIC MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY OF MILAN
The oldest city museum in Milan, it is one of Europe’s most important natural history museums.
Corso Venezia, 55 ph. +39 02 88463337 museodistorianaturalemilano.it
Closed Mondays
DUOMO OF MILANO MUSEUM
Housed in Milan’s Palazzo Reale, on Piazza del Duomo. The Museum, spreading over 2,000 square meters and 26 rooms, showcases the Duomo’s Treasure and works of art from the Ca-
thedral and the Veneranda Fabbrica’s storehouses. The pieces of the collection are arranged in chronological order to provide an overview of the history of the cathedral’s construction, from its foundation in 1386 to the 20th century.
Piazza del Duomo, 12 ph. +39 02 72023375 duomomilano.it
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MUSEO
DEL NOVECENTO
Among the newest museums in the city, it was opened in 2010 in Palazzo dell’Arengario. The museum hosts more than 400 works mostly by Italian artists of the 20th century. Boccioni, De Chirico, Morandi, Balla, Severini, Depero and Marineti are displayed chronologically, from Futurism to Arte Po-
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On the top floor visitors can find a neon by Lucio Fontana, Luce Spaziale, a spectacular installation that deserves to be seen under the sof light of sundown.
by the wife of the famous naturalist Marco De Marchi and converted into a museum. The collections illustrate the period of Italian history from Napoleon’s first Italian campaign (1796) to Rome’s annexation to the Kingdom of Italy (1870).
Via Borgonuovo, 23 ph. +39 02 88464173 museodelrisorgimento.mi.it
Closed Mondays
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
LEONARDO DA VINCI
A tribute to the genius of Leonardo da Vinci in a beautiful cloister. Among the atractions: trains, ships, the Toti submarine and an entire area dedicated to Space with a fragment of the Moon.
Via San Vitore, 21 ph. +39 02 48555 1 museoscienza.org
Closed Mondays
POLDI PEZZOLI MUSEUM
Established in 1885, the museum has been located in the 18th -century Palazzo Morrigia, designed in 1775 by Giuseppe Piermarini close to the vast Brera complex, since 1951. In 1900, the Palazzo- which during Napoleon’s age housed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, later on, the Ministry of War- became the property of the De Marchi family and then donated to the City of Milan
Opened to the public in 1881, the Poldi Pezzoli Museum is a must-see for the beauty of its rooms, evocative of the past, from the Middle Ages to the 1700s and the Armory reinterpreted by contemporary artist Arnaldo Pomodoro, but also because of the variety and richness of its collections. Masterworks of painting and sculpture, carpets, laces and embroideries, arms and armors, jewelry, chinaware, glassware, furniture, sundials and mechanical clocks: over 5,000 ex-
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Poldi Pezzoli Museum
traordinary objects, from ancient times to the 19th-century, in a magical atmosphere.
Via Manzoni, 12 ph. +39 02 794889 museopoldipezzoli.it
Closed Tuesdays
OBSERVATORY OF BRERA
A historic observatory established in the mid-1700s in the Brera building. In the early 1920s, the observatory section was moved to Merate, in the Brianza area. Part of the observatory’s fame is due to Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli’s observations of Mars’ channels in 1877.
Via Brera, 28 ph. +39 02 72320300 brera.inaf.it
Closed Saturdays and Sundays PAC - PAVILION
OF CONTEMPORARY ART
The Pavilion of Contemporary Art (PAC) ranges from African artists to performance artists like Marina Abramovic. The Pavilion of Contemporary Art (PAC) ranges from African artists to performance artists such as Marina Abramovic.
Via Palestro, 14 ph. +39 02 88446359 pacmilano.it
Closed Mondays
PALAZZO LITTA CULTURA
Considered to be one of the finest examples of Milanese baroque architecture, the building currently houses the regional Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for Lombardy, Lombardy’s regional Museum Center and the Fine Arts and Landscape Office of the City of Milan. Corso Magenta, 24 ph. +39 02 802941 lombardia.beniculturali.it
PALAZZO MORANDO
COSTUME FASHION
IMAGE MUSEUM
The first floor currently houses
the Picture Gallery: a collection of paintings, sculptures, prints dating back to 1934. The other rooms of this aristocratic residence illustrate perfectly the eighteenth-century taste for home décor and furnishing.
Via Sant’Andrea, 6 ph. +39 02 88465735 costumemodaimmagine.mi.it
Closed Mondays
STUDIO GIANGALEAZZO VISCONTI GALLERY
The Gallery specializes in modern and contemporary art. It has housed great exhibitions devoted to Italian and international artists such as Alighiero Boeti, Vincenzo Agneti, Gino De Dominicis, Sol Lewit, Shozo Shimamoto. Over the years, it has focused on young promising artists with solo exhibitions by Aaron Young, Marco Schifano, Juno Calypso and Alessandro Twombly.
Corso Monforte, 23 ph. +39 02795251 studiovisconti.net
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INSTAGRAMMABLE LOCATIONS
If your’s looking to snap some amazing pics in Milan, be sure to check out these colourful spots!
PALAZZO INA
There are many entrances with a recognisable appearance scattered throughout Milan, all designed by some of the most famous architects of the 20th century. But the most instagrammed? The entrance hall of Palazzo Ina by modernist architect Piero Bottoni, who also designed Monte Stella and Qt8. An atrium with Palladian Carrara marble flooring, while the walls are covered with powder pink and cobalt blue tiles: a perfect mix for Instagram. Corso Sempione, 33
VIA LINCOLN
Low-rise houses, pastel shades, small balconies and flower gardens. The houses in Via Lincoln, a former working-class district now known as the Rainbow district are all painted in different colours. Some even gave it the nickname of Milanese Burano, and it is a sought-after place by those who, in addition to the monuments, want to discover the city’s secret and unusual places.
FONDAZIONE PRADA
The architecture of the museum offers a varied choice of views and panoramas to take a good photo. For example, the Upside Down Mushroom Room: a dreamlike installation by Carsten Höller that enriches the Atlas, the permanent collection of the Fondazione Prada, and attracts the curiosity of many visitors. But also the Bar Luce, designed by film director Wes Anderson: pastel tones, jukebox, pinball machines and a refined vintage atmosphere to feel like being in a film while sipping a cup of coffee. Largo Isarco, 2
SPECTACULAR GRAFFITI, PASTEL-COLORED STREETS, GREEN SKYSCRAPERS: JUST WALK AROUND THE CITY
AND IT’S EASY TO FIND UNUSUAL AND CURIOUS PLACES
THE COURTYARD OF CASA ROSSI
This building is a great example of eclectic architecture. It was built by Giuseppe Pestagalli in the 1860s and features a Neo-Renaissance façade on the outside. If you stand in the middle of the courtyard open to the public and you look up, you will see how its structure frames a portion of the blue sky in a perfect octagon.
Corso Magenta, 12
ARTLINE
Eggs that stretch out towards the sky, a gigantic hand, and stars on the square floor. These are just three of the art installations found at Artline, the park in the shadow of the skyscrapers of the City Life district, that is enriched every year with new installations. A new life for the old headquarters of the army in Piazza delle Armi, that was used for military exercises until 1923.
Piazza Elsa Morante
VICOLO DEI LAVANDAI
Located along the Navigli, Vicolo dei Lavandai offers a picturesque view of the old Milan. You can see the stream, the canopy still supported by small wooden beams and the old lavoir. The people who came here in the past to wash their clothes were not women, but men, members of a trade association active in Milan since the 18th century.
Alzaia Naviglio Grande, 14
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LA BIBLIOTECA
DEGLI ALBERI
A contemporary botanical garden located among the skyscrapers of Porta Nuova with paths that merge with each other forming geometrical patterns, circular forests and flower gardens. The Biblioteca degli Alberi is one of the most representative parks of the new Milan, greener and more sustainable, where you can spend time among nature and attend artistic and cultural events.
BOSCO VERTICALE
The green skyscraper overlooks the BAM - Biblioteca degli Alberi between the districts of Porta Nuova and Isola. It is one of the first examples of a building with a new style architecture based on biodiversity, which pays attention to the relationship between man and other living species. The façade changes its appearance every season: full of flowers in spring, bright green in summer, and with the warm colours of the foliage in autumn.
Via Gaetano de Castillia, 11
QUARTIERE ORTICA
An open-air museum, open to the public, free of charge. It is OR.ME Ortica Memoria: 20 works of urban art among the largest in Italy, made by the collective of artists known as OrticaNoodles. Each different mural tells a story about Milan of the 20th century, a route that invites both the Milanese and tourists to leave the city centre to discover a different part of our city.
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BEST FOOD EXPERIENCES
The best restaurants, aperitifs and cafes in Milan. Reservation recommended, the ‘Les Clefs D’Or’ concierge is at your service
MEAT RESTAURANTS
BEEFBAR
Corso Venezia, 11 ph. +39 02 50037500 beefar.com/milano
Located in the former Archbishop’s Seminary, converted thanks to the redevelopment project that created Portrait Milano of the Lungarno Collection group, Beefar Milano founded by Riccardo Giraudi uses only the best meat cuts in the world to prepare traditional recipes which enhance their flavours. The dishes are prepared by executive chef Thierry Paludeto.
BEEF CLUB
Via Giovanni Boccaccio, 15 ph. +39 02 51823951 beefclubmilano.it
EL CARNICERO
Via Spartaco, 31 ph. +39 02 54019816
Corso Garibaldi, 108 ph.+39 02 87222106 elcarnicero.com
EL PORTEÑO ARENA
Viale Elvezia, 4 ph. +39 02 34537275 elporteno.it
EL PORTEÑO DARSENA
Via G. Galeazzo, 25 ph. +39 02 58437593 elporteno.it
DOMISH MILANO
Corso Lodi, 56 ph. +39 02 39540292 domish.it
Entering the world of DoMish means embarking on a journey of flavours. A restaurant and grill where everything is of the highest quality, from starters to grilled meats, all served in a refined seting, smart but not overly formal, comfortable and meticulously curated. A real spectacle to wow the eyes and the tastebuds.
EL PORTEÑO PROHIBIDO
Via M. Melloni, 9 ph. +39 02 25062491 elporteno.it
Corso Venezia, 52 ph. +39 02 38273030 andreaaprea.com
ANIMA
Via Rosales, 4 ph. +39 02 62278500 enricobartolini.net
BERTON
Via Mike Bongiorno, 13 ph. +39 02 67075801 ristoranteberton.com
BIOESSERÌ BRERA
Via Fatebenefratelli, 2 ph. +39 02 89071052 bioesseri.it
Located in the heart of Brera, this restaurant with open kitchen, modern design and intimate mood offers an utterly unique experience. Authentic flavours, superb quality ingredients and constant innovation ensure that the mediterranean-style menu astonishes and impresses with every mouthful.
ristoranteberton.com
CARMÈ RESTAURANT
Via Piero della Francesca, 52 ph. +39 02 83474207 carmerestaurant.com
Interior decor inspired by nature and the 1920s sets the intimate mood at Carmè. Guests can savour the very best of Mediterranean and Neapolitan cuisine, authentic cooking with a strong focus on simplicity and great raw materials.
CASA BI
Piazza Tre Torri ph. +39 351 6476962 casabirestaurant.com
In the futuristic CityLife district, Casa Bi combines contemporary design with food that makes you happy. The menu evokes all the warmth and goodness of traditional family cooking, with a mosaic of mediterranean flavours making for a satisfying experience. A gourmet experience in a friendly atmosphere, from breakfast to afer-dinner drinks. It also has an underground car park.
CONTRASTE
Via Giuseppe Meda, 2 ph. +39 02 49536597 contrastemilano.it
CRACCO
Galleria Vitorio Emanuele II ph. +39 02 876774 ristorantecracco.it
DANIEL CANZIAN
Via Castelfidardo, corner via S. Marco ph. +39 02 63793837 danielcanzian.com
D’O
Piazza della Chiesa, 14 ph. +39 02 9362209 cucinapop.do
ENRICO BARTOLINI MUDEC
Via Tortona, 56 ph. +39 02 84293701 enricobartolini.net
FELIX
LO BASSO
Via Carlo Goldoni, 36 ph. + 39 02 45409759 felixlobassorestaurant.it
IYO
Via Piero della Francesca, 74 ph. +39 02 45476898 iyo-experience.com
JOIA
Via Panfilo Castaldi, 18 ph. +39 02 29522124 joia.it
SAVINI
Via Ugo Foscolo, 5 ph. +39 02 72003433 savinimilano.it
Bright and inviting by day, intimate and romantic by night, L’Alchimia is the Milanese restaurant where elegance meets haute cuisine. Chef Giuseppe Postorino celebrates top-quality ingredients with creative dishes that reinterpret Italian tradition, while also honoring Milan’s iconic classics such as veal cutlet and saffron risoto.
PARIOLI MILANO
Via Felice Casati, 45 ph. +39 02 67481919 ristoranteparioli.com
Parioli Milano is a traditional Roman restaurant that offers dishes from the Eternal City’s culinary tradition every day, alongside the most imaginative interpretations of Italian cuisine. Ideal for spending an evening dedicated to good food and good music, with a unique, enchanting view of the city.
TANO PASSAMI L’OLIO
Via Francesco Petrarca, 4 ph. +39 02 8394139 tanopassamilolio.it
Away from the hustle and bustle of the Navigli, Tano Passami l’Olio, headed by chef Gaetano Simonato, offers food that’s sophisticated yet elegantly simple, in which the chef’s credo shines through in unusual pairings and exquisite presentation. And all in surroundings that are both classic and modern.
QUADRI BISTROT
Via Solferino, 48 ph. +39 02 47755505 quadribistrot.it
A Restaurant, a Cocktail Bar, an Art Gallery in Moscova area. Quadri Bistrot combines in a single venue exclusive dinners, private events, lunch, aperitif. The patio is a beautiful seting for meals and signature cocktails as well as the dining room, with its exposed – brick arches embracing the citrus garden. The cuisine is Italian and gourmet, with an international twist in certain dishes. Parking close by.
Piazza della Scala, 6 ph. +39 349 3273374 voceaimoenadia.com
SADLER
Via dell’Annunciata, 14 ph. +39 02 58104451 ristorantesadler.it
SETA
Via Andegari, 9 ph. +39 02 87318897 mandarinoriental.com
TERRAZZA PALESTRO
Via Palestro, 2 ph. +39 02 76028316
terrazzapalestro.com
On the fourth floor of the Swiss Center, the historic Terrazza Palestro is known for its combination of the flavours of Italian cuisine with a panoramic view of one of the most beautiful green areas of the city. A landmark for private and corporate events, but also the ideal place to enjoy a relaxing lunch break, a romantic candlelit dinner or a Milanese-style aperitif.
UOVODISEPPIA MILANO
Via Amerigo Vespucci, 11 ph. +39 375 9108923 uovodiseppiamilano.it
Uovodiseppia Milano is the latest project of starred chef Pino Cutaia. A neighbourhood restaurant where culinary art - not only Sicilian - is expressed through ingredients, recipes and stories of everyday life, intertwined with timeless gestures and rituals. A place that unites Lombardy and Sicily with purity and simplicity, in an atmosphere that evokes Mediterranean style.
PROCACCINI MILANO
Via Procaccini, 33 ph. +39 02 77091277
procaccini.com
The Procaccini restaurant embodies elegance and sophistication in a unique culinary experience. Led by Executive Chef Emin Haziri, it offers three tasting menus and an à la carte selection that blend and enhance tradition and innovation. The wine cellar boasts over 370 labels, while the 1970s-inspired ambiance welcomes guests into a refined atmosphere. The warm service completes a sensory journey, enriched by the sound of a grand piano.
FISH
RESTAURANTS
DA GIACOMO
Via Pasquale Sotocorno, 6 ph. +39 02 76023313 giacomomilano.com
DA GIACOMO ARENGARIO
Via Guglielmo Marconi, 1 ph. +39 02 72093814 giacomomilano.com
LA RISACCA 2
Via Regina Giovanna, 14 ph. +39 02 29531801 larisacca2milano.com
LA RISACCA 6
Via Marcona, 6 ph. +39 02 55181658 osterialarisacca6.it
A’RICCIONE
Via Torquato Taramelli, 70 ph. +39 02 683807
Via Durini, 28 ph. +39 02 92853303
Via Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 28 ph. +39 02 3451323 ariccionemilano.it
A’Riccione is the perfect restaurant for a romantic dinner in elegant surroundings with courteous, atentive service. Here superb ingredients are transformed into masterpieces of flavour, and fish is the absolute star of the menu. Don’t miss the roofop restaurant on the 9th and 10th floors of the Brian&Barry Building in Piazza San Babila, and the bistro.
Via Borgospesso, 12 ph. +39 02 76002572 bicemilano.it
Bice Milano in the fashion district has been a landmark on the Milan restaurant scene since 1926. This is the place for lovers of traditional food in a refined, always elegant environment. For years, the simplicity of its cuisine has been appreciated by leading figures in the world of fashion, politics and entertainment.
Via F. Algaroti, 22 - Via Timavo, 8 ph. +39 02 6694627 daberti.it
Da Berti is a Milanese tratoria serving traditional local dishes, the best cuts of meat and an exquisite selection of cured meats and cheeses. All accompanied by an extensive wine list to bring a twinkle to the eye and delight even the most exacting connoisseurs.
GALLERIA
Galleria Vitorio Emanuele II, 75 ph. +39 02 86464912 ristorantegalleria.it
IL CESTINO
Via Madonnina, 27 ph. +39 02 86460146 ristoranteilcestino.it
IL SALUMAIO
DI MONTENAPOLEONE
Palazzo Bagati Valsecchi
Via Santo Spirito, 10 ph. +39 02 76001123 ilsalumaiodimontenapoleone.it
IL SOLFERINO
Via Castelfidardo, 2 ph. +39 02 29005748 ilsolferino.com
IL TAVOLINO
Via Fara, 23 ph. +39 02 6703520 altavolino.it
IVAN & FRANK
Corso Lodi, 37 ph.+39 02 54107101 ivanfrank-ristorante.it
GRAN BAGUTTIN
Via Baguta, 18 ph. +39 02 36512096 granbagutin.it
A restaurant with an intimate, sophisticated atmosphere that recalls Milan’s artistic heritage, this is the Gran Bagutin. Entering it is like seting foot in a museum: the history of Italian literary culture of the 1900s is contained within these walls. Dishes on the menu are designed to revive authentic traditional flavours and enhance them with our high-quality meats.
Via Marco Cremosano, 41 ph. +39 02 33001646 ribotmilano.it
RIGOLO
Via Solferino, 11 corner Largo Treves ph. + 39 02 86463220 ristoranterigolo.it
ROSSO DI BRERA
Via Marco Formentini, 7 ph. +39 02 8353 8580 rossobrera.com
ROVELLO 18
Via Tivoli, 2 ph. +39 02 72093709 rovello18.it
TAVERNA DEL BORGO ANTICO
Via Madonnina, 27 ph. +39 02 86461186 tavernadelborgoantico.it
TRATTORIA
IL CORMORANO ISOLA
Via Luigi Porro Lambertenghi, 34 ph. +39 02 69004383 tratoriailcormorano.it
RISTORANTE LA BRICIOLA
Via Marsala, 1 ph. +39 02 6551012 labriciola.com
Elegant ambiance, with excellent Mediterranean cuisine and a cellar with the best labels: all this is Ristorante La Briciola, in the heart of Brera.
A special place created with skillful mastery by Gianni, the host, almost 40 years ago, and by Stefania, and over the years it has become a city landmark.
TRATTORIA LA RUOTA
Via Roma, 5
San Giuliano Milanese (MI) ph. +39 391 4051875 rphotels.com/ristorante-la-ruota La Ruota was established in 1964 when Romano and Pieretta, from a small village between Lucca and Pistoia, decided to open a restaurant serving Tuscan specialities; over time it has become a landmark for Milanese out-of-town dining. Today the business is in the hands of the third generation, with grandson Lorenzo continuing the restaurant’s traditions and values with great passion.
TORRE DI PISA
Via Fiori Chiari, 21 ph. +39 02 874877 tratoriatorredipisa.it
TRATTORIA MILANESE
Via Santa Marta, 11 ph.+39 02 86451991
TRENDY
RESTAURANTS
10 CORSO COMO
Corso Como, 10 ph. +39 02 29013581 10corsocomo.com
BULLONA
Via Piero della Francesca, 64 ph. +39 02 33607600 bullona.com
CERESIO 7
Via Ceresio, 7 ph. +39 02 31039221 - ceresio7.com
CLOTILDE BRERA
Piazza San Marco, 6 ph. +39 331 1022218 clotildefood.com
CRAZY PIZZA MILAN
Via Varese, 1
ph. +39 02 54076604
crazypizza.com
Located in the Moscova area, Crazy Pizza Milan offers a unique experience. Pizzas and other dishes together with a section of wines are the ingredients for an unforgetable evening. The acrobatic pizza makers’ spectacular Spinning Pizza adds an exciting touch to the atmosphere.
IL BARETTO MILANO
Via della Spiga, 26 ph. +39 02 67174415
ilbaretomilano.it
Il Bareto Milano is an exclusive meeting place, whether for dinner with friends, or an important business lunch. Here tradition meets internationality, and good food will win you over with every dish. Traditional Milanese cuisine, but also more modern dishes, along with a good wine cellar and excellent cocktails.
MONZU BISTROT
Via Adige, 14 ph. +39 02 99248996 monzubistrot.it
PENELOPE A CASA
Via Giuseppe Ripamonti, 3 ph. +39 389 6067372 penelopeacasa.it
THE BAR AT RALPH LAUREN
Via della Spiga, 5 ph. +39 02 30569060 ralphlauren.co.uk
APERITIF
BACKDOOR 43
Ripa di Porta
Ticinese, 43 ph. +39 340 9628890
BAR BASSO
Via Plinio, 39 ph. +39 02 29400580 barbasso.com
BAR FRIDA
Via Antonio Pollaiuolo, 3 ph. +39 02 680260 fridaisola.it
BAR LUCE
FONDAZIONE PRADA
Largo Isarco, 2 ph. +39 02 56662611 fondazionaprada.org
BHANGRABAR
Corso Sempione, 1 ph. +39 02 34934469 bhangrabar.it
CAMPARINO
IN GALLERIA
Piazza del Duomo, 21 ph. +39 02 86464435 camparino.com
CANTINE ISOLA
Via Paolo Sarpi, 30 corner via Arnolfo di Cambio, 1/A ph. +39 02 3315249 cantineisola.com
CINC
Via Marco Formentini, 5 ph. +39 02 36550257 cicbrera.it
DEUS CAFE’
Via Genova Thaon di Revel, 3 ph. +39 02 83439230 deuscafemilano.it
DRY MILANO
Via Solferino, 33 ph. +39 02 63793414 drymilano.it
Via Monte Napoleone, 19 ph. +39 02 83549386 illy.com
KNAM
Via Augusto Anfossi, 10 ph. +39 02 55194448 eknam.com
LAVAZZA
FLAGSHIP STORE
Piazza San Fedele, 2 ph.+39 342 8411682 lavazza.it
MARCHESI 1824
Galleria Vitorio Emanuele II ph. +39 02 94181710
Via S. Maria alla Porta 11/A ph. +39 02 862770 pasticceriamarchesi.com
PASTICCERIA CUCCHI
Corso Genova, 1 ph. +39 02 89409793 pasticceriacucchi.it
SANT AMBROEUS MILANO
Corso Giacomo Mateoti, 7 ph.+39 02 76000540 santambroeusmilano.com
STARBUCKS
RESERVE MILAN
ROASTERY
Via Cordusio, 1 ph.+39 02 91970326 starbucksreserve.com
NIGHTLIFE
11 CLUBROOM
Via A. di Tocqueville, 11 ph. + 39 02 89281611 11milano.it
AMNESIA
Via A. Gato ph. +39 348 7241015 amnesiamilano.com
BLANCO
Via Giovanni Batista Morgagni, 2 ph. +39 02 29405284 blancomilano.it
BLUE NOTE
Via Pietro Borsieri, 37 ph. +39 02 69016888 bluenotemilano.com
BOBINO
MILANO
Piazzale Stazione Genova, 4 ph. +39 371 4085303 bobino.it
CHATULLE
Via Piero della Francesca, 68 ph. +39 02 34534024 chatulle.it
HOLLYWOOD
Corso Como, 15 ph. +39 327 1648497 discotecahollywood.com
IL GATTOPARDO
Via Piero della Francesca, 47 ph. +39 02 34537699 ilgatopardomilano.com
JAZZ CAFE’
Corso Sempione, 8 ph. +39 02 33604039 jazzcafe.it
JUST CAVALLI
Viale Luigi Camoens ph. +39 02 311817 justcavallimilano.com
LA BALERA DELL’ORTICA
Via G. A. Amadeo, 78 ph. +39 02 70128680 labaleradellortica.com
LA BOUM
Via Pietrasanta, 16 laboummilano.com
LA BULLONA
Via Piero della Francesca, 64 ph. +39 02 33607600 bullona.com
LIME MILANO
Via Tullo Massarani, 6 ph. +39 348 1082533 limemilano.it
MAGAZZINI
GENERALI
Via Pietrasanta, 16 ph. +39 02 5393948 magazzinigenerali.org
ROCKET
Alzaia Naviglio Grande, 98 ph. +39 333 3313817
THE CLUB
MILANO
Corso Garibaldi, 97 ph. +39 02 36534005 theclubmilano.com
TOCQUEVILLE
Via A. di Tocqueville, 13 ph. +39 391 4030794 tocqueville13.club
INFORMATION GETTING AROUND IN MILAN AND LOMBARDY
Everything you need to know to move in the city and beyond
with four operators: Enjoy, Leasys, ShareNow and E-Vai. As for the cars, fleets now include electric vehicles.
TAXI
Unlike taxis in other cities, Milan cabs seldom stop for passengers in the street. To travel by taxi, you need to go to a stand or book by phone.
Starting tariff on weekdays, 6:00 to 21:00: €3.30
Starting tariff Sundays and holidays, 6:00 to 21:00: €5.40 Night-time starting tariff: €6.50
Starting tariff from Malpensa, Linate and Orio al Serio airports: €13.10
The phone number Taxi is +39 02 6969, +39 02 4040, +39 02 8585.
CAR SHARING
Car sharing is a simple and sustainable form of transport. To access the service you need to register on the websites of operators and download the app on your smartphone. Milan has the most extensive car-sharing provision in Italy,
CITY BIKE AND SCOOTERS
The bicycle is a green and convenient way of geting around in the city. Bike Sharing is available, either from fixed collection and drop-off stations, or with free-flow bikes. The BikeMi service operated by ATM and the Municipali-
ty of Milan allows visitors to hire bikes through its website and app. Meanwhile, electric scooters can be hired from Voi, Wind, Bit, Lime, Dot, Helbiz and Tier. We advise checking websites for the rules you must follow.
BUS
In Milan there are more than a hundred bus routes and 4 trolleybus lines, making this one of the best ways of geting
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around the city. On Fridays and Saturdays, Milan’s night buses run every hour between 2 am and 5 am. Tickets for the bus (and other public transport) can be bought at metro stations, newspaper kiosks, tobacconists’ and from the ATM Milano app. A standard ticket is valid for 90 minutes and covers one journey on ATM public transport; it costs €1.50. You can also choose a daily ticket (€7), a three-day ticket (€12) and other options.
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main overland stations correspond with the metro lines, making travel in the area easy and quick.
METRO
With five lines, 111 stations and 94.5 kilometres of rails, Milan’s metro system is the largest in Italy. It operates every day from 6:00 to 00:30 (7:00 to 19:30 on 25 December and 1 May). The frequency of trains at major stations varies from 2 to 4 minutes, depending on the month and the timetable.
TRAIN
Milano Centrale station is the main hub connecting Milan to major Italian and European cities, and Cadorna station offers links to destinations in Lombardy. Other state-run railway stations are Garibaldi, Lambrate, Milano Rogoredo and Porta Genova. The
AIRPORTS
Milan Malpensa international (Code IATA: MXP) is the largest of the city’s airports. It is 49 kilometres north-west of the Lombardy capital, with connections by Malpensa Express train or numerous shutle bus services.
VARESE
HOTELS IN MILAN
BVLGARI HOTEL MILANO
Via Privata Fratelli Gabba, 7/B ph. +39 02 8058051 bulgarihotels.com
CASA BAGLIONI MILAN
Via Dei Giardini, 21 ph. +39 02 36661960 milan.baglionihotels.com
CASA BRERA A LUXURY COLLECTION HOTEL MILAN
Piazzeta Bossi, 2 ph. +39 02 305430 marriot.com
CASA CIPRIANI MILANO
Via Palestro 24 ph. +39 02 25064088 casaciprianimilano.com
