Merchant square is a square in Milan created as the center of city
life in medieval times, later transformed into marchants route. For Merchant Square we mean,
in everyday language, the square circumscribed by the Palace of Justice, the Casa dei
Panigarola and the Loggia degli Osii.
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With its 82 meters long an its 27 wide the Salòn o Palace of Justice, the former court of the citizen of Padova , is one of the largest rooms hanging in Europe. Also knons as one of the most famous civil monuments erected in Europe during the Municipalities, the builing was raised from 1218.
The Columns of San Lorenzo are an old building from the end of Roman Milan located in front of the basilica of the same name near the medieval door of Ticino. They represent one of the rare remains of the imperial Milan.
The Church of St Mary at San Satiro is a parish churche of Milan. The construction of the church was undertaken at the end of the fifteenth century by the will of Duke Gian Galeazzo Sforza and later...
The Milan Catheral, officially Metropolitan Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the cathedral of the archdiocese of Milan and
Italian national monument. Symbol of the Lombard capital, and located in the homonymous square in the center of the metropolis, is dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente.
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The Church di San Gottardo in corte at the Real Palace is a Catholic place of worship situated at the historical centre of Milan in via Francesco
Pecorari; its part of the route of the Museum of Milan Catheral.
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The crypt of San Giovanni in Conca is a monument located in Piazza Missori in Milan. These are the remains of the ancient basilica of San Giovanni
in Conca, of which only a few traces date back to the 11th century, namely part of the apse and the entire crypt, hence the name of the modern remains.
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La Ca’ Granda nasce dalla volontà di Francesco Sforza e di sua moglie Bianca Maria Visconti che, was born from the will of Francesco Sforza
and his wife Bianca Maria Visconti who, as a sign of gratitude to God for the conquest of the Duchy, wanted to build the so called “Spedale di Poveri”.
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The Sforzesco Castle is a large fortified complex located in Milan just outside the historic center of the city. It was built in the fifteenth century by
Francesco Sforza, recently Duke of Milan, on the remains of a previous medieval fortification of the fourteenth century known as the Castle of Porta Giovia.
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The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, whose full name is the minor Roman collegiate abbey prepositurale basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, is one of the oldest churches in Milan.
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The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie is a basilica and sanctuary located in Milan, belonging to the Dominican Order and headed by the parish of San Vittore al Corpo.
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San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore is a church in Milan of early Christian origin, rebuilt in the sixteenth century and already home to the most important female monastery
of the city belonging to the Benedictine order.
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The Circle of the Navigli was the defensive moat flooded the medieval walls of Milan, whose south-eastern part has been transformed into Naviglio,
that is, into a navigable canal. For this reason it was also known as Naviglio Interno, Fossa Interna or Cerchia Interna.
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The Porta Ticinese is one of the main gates located on the medieval layout of the walls of Milan.
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The Porta Nuova Project is a vast intervention of urban and architectural regeneration within the Centro Direzionale di Milano, the tertiary district that extends from the station.
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The Dock is an artificial water basin located in Milan near Porta Ticinese that was used for mooring, the storage of boats that sailed the Navigli Milanesi.
For this reason it was the most important hub for commercial river traffic in the city of Lombardy.
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