Milan City Break – Attractions-Sights-Landmarks Posted on 02/08/2014 by bobovese Milan (Milano) Milano Centrale railway station Unicredit Tower – the tallest building in Italy Green balconies Church of Saint Mark (Chiesa di San Marco) Monument to Leonardo da Vinci Unicredit Bank building in Piazza Cordusio (Palazzo del Credito Italiano) Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali Palazzo delle Poste (ex Borsa di Milano) Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II’s triumphal arch Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II – Mosaic floor Sforza Castle (Castello Sforzesco) Michelangelo’s last sculpture – Rondanini Pietà (Museum of Ancient Art, Sforza Castle) Museum of Ancient Art, Sforza Castle (Museo D’arte Antica, Castello Sforzesco) An inner view of Sforza Castle Old furniture from Sforza Castle Pinacoteca (Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco) White feet Stradivarius violin in the Museum of Musical Instruments, Sforza Castle (Civico Museo degli Strumenti Musicali, Castello Sforzesco) Romanian falg on Via Dante Palace of Reason (Palazzo della Ragione) Clock Tower on Via dei Mercanti Monument to King Victor Emmanuel II Milan Cathedral – Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary ( Duomo di Milano – Basilica cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Nascente) Booh! Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo) Pinacoteca di Brera – ‘Lamentation over the Dead Christ’ by Andrea Mantegna Pinacoteca di Brera – ‘The Kiss’ by Francesco Hayez Advertising on the cathedral … with the permission of the pope, of course Door of the cathedral Church of Saint Gotthard of Hildesheim (Chiesa di San Gottardo in Corte) The Biscione – the coat of arms of the House of Visconti, from the Archbishops’ palace in Piazza Duomo Bank of Italy Palace (Palazzo della Banca d’Italia) Archaeological Museum (Civico Museo Archeologico) Church of Holy Mary of Grace with Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ (Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie con ‘L’Ultima Cena’ di Leonardo da Vinci) ‘Ago, filo e nodo’ by Claes Oldenburg in Piazzale Cadorna Building on Piazza Castello, 16 Entrance of the Arena Civica (Arena Gianni Brera) Porta Garibaldi Teatro alla Scala Teatro alla Scala – ‘Traviata’ original poster La Scala opera house Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo) Cathedral pinnacles & spires Flying buttresses Cathedral buttresses, flying buttresses and pinnacles Church of Santa Maria presso San Satiro Saint Ambrose postern (Pusterla di Sant’Ambrogio) Cova Castle (Castello Cova) Church of Saint Mark (Chiesa di San Marco)