Como is a protected jewel, on Lake Como, framed by mountains. The panoramas that can be discovered by walking in the city center or along the lakeside are breath-taking. ITINERARY POSSIBLE ADDITIONS
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Piazza Duomo is the very heart of Milan, and here rises the majestic monument that symbolized the city. The cathedral invites everyone to look high in the sky, to follow its soaring grand spires, which mirror the soul of Milan, a city that could become a crossroad – Mediolanum – of people and cultures. The inside […]
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It is the artistic masterpiece that makes Milan famous worldwide. Painted between 1495 and 1498 by Leonardo da Vinci in the refectory of the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, this masterpiece features a great number of innovations. First of all it’s not a wet plaster fresco but a painting on a dry wall. All the […]
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The look of Milan is rapidly changing. The urban environment of these last years is not the same anymore. Ever higher buildings soar to the sky as to grasp it. The city skyline has changed quickly and dramatically from what was the past centuries, when nothing could ever be higher than the madonna of the […]
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In 1100 archbishop Anselmo IV da Bovisio solemnly consacreted the Church of St. Sepulchre to celebrate the anniversary of the conquest of Jerusalem by the Milanese crusade. The crusaders placed a simulacrum of the sepulcher in the crypt to remember the Holy Sepulchre. They paved the crypt with smooth stones of the ancient Roman Forum […]
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The Sforza Castle is the symbol of the military power and cultural prestige that Milan has had for centuries. The goal of the tour is to illustrate the stratified history of the fortress, to admire its main architectural features, and visit some of the sections of the many collections preserved inside the castle, renamed the […]
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The basilica of San Ambrogio is second only to the Duomo as place of worship in the city, a greato devotion from the people has always marked the history of this church, still so important today. It might be surprising, but when it was first built the church was located in the outskirts of the […]
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The extraordinary ensemble of the basilica of San Eustorgio and the Cappella Portinari (Portinari Chapel), with the annexed convent, office of the Diocesan Museum is located in Porta Ticinese. The basilica takes its name from San Eustorgio, ninth bishop of Milan, believed to have brought to this site the relics of the Magi. In 1462 […]
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The Cimitero Monumentale is a secluded island of peace and meditation inside a frenetic metropolis. It was built by will of the municipality of Milan right after the unification of Italy, between 1863 and 1866. The burial monuments are a clear testimony of the passage from the XIX to the XX century and its artistic […]
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The museum is actually inside the former convent of San Maurizio al Monastero maggiore, with sections dedicated to Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Gandhara and barbaric art. The choice of the place was fit, since the monastery was built right on top of a section of the Roman Circus and along the walls of the city, built […]
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