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  • Casa degli Omenoni
    Casa degli Omenoni

    Sculptor Leone Leoni’s 16th-century home has a magnificent façade flanked by a Liberty-style tower.

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  • Casa del Manzoni
    Casa del Manzoni

    Manzoni, Italy’s greatest 19th-century writer (see I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)), lived in this Neo-Classical palazzo , now a museum of “Manzoniana”.

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  • Ca’ Grande

    This massive complex – originally a hospital, now part of the University of Milan – took 400 years to complete.

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  • Museo di Milano

    Bolognini’s mansion houses exhibitions on the history of Milan and its families, as well as nautical memorabilia.

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  • Palazzo Marino
    Palazzo Marino

    Milan’s Mannerist town hall.

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  • San Gottardo in Corte

    Founded in 1336 as a chapel for the town hall.

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  • San Nazaro Maggiore

    St Ambrose’s fourth great basilica was overhauled in the 16th century, when Bramantino added the Cappella Trivulzio as a grand entrance. Lanino’s Martyrdom of St Catherine of Alexandria is among other highlights.

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  • San Sepolcro

    Built in 1030 on the site of the ancient Roman forum, this church preserves a long Romanesque crypt.

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  • The Palazzi of Via Manzoni

    The boulevard from La Scala to Porta Nuova preserves many mansions from its 18th and 19th-century heyday: Brentani (No. 6), Anguissola (12), Poldi-Pezzoli (see Museo Poldi-Pezzoli), Gallarati Scotti (30) and Borromeo d’Adda (39–41).

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  • Torre Velasca

    This striking skyscraper is an oversized 1950s version of medieval tower design.

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