Welcome toMilano

Milan's vast Gothic cathedral, begun in 1386 and topped with 135 spires and the gilded Madonnina, with rooftop terraces open to visitors above the historic centre.

A soaring iron-and-glass 19th-century shopping arcade linking Piazza del Duomo to Piazza della Scala, known to Milanese as the city's living room.

A vast 15th-century fortress built by the Sforza dukes over an earlier Visconti castle, now home to several civic museums, Leonardo frescoes and Michelangelo's last sculpture.

Milan's most famous panzerotto shop, frying and baking stuffed dough pockets behind the Duomo since 1888, eaten standing in the street straight from the paper wrapper.

A pastry shop founded in 1824, known for its panettone and Art Deco interiors, now part of the Prada Group with outposts inside the Galleria and on Montenapoleone.

The Milanese cocktail bar where bartender Mirko Stocchetto invented the Negroni Sbagliato in 1972, at its Via Plinio address since 1947.

Milan's celebrated gourmet food hall, founded in 1883 by a Prague-born delicatessen owner and settled on Via Spadari since 1912, still the city's temple of fine gastronomy.

The "golden rectangle" of Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga, Via Sant'Andrea and Via Manzoni, the flagship-lined heart of Milan's fashion industry since the mid-20th century.

The concept store that invented the format, opened in 1990 by gallerist Carla Sozzani in a converted garage, mixing fashion, design, books, art and a small hotel.