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Knowledge & learning in Milan

Milan, Lombardy's northern Italian metropolis, rewards curious visitors with layers of history embedded in stone and glass. The early Christian rotunda of the Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore stands not far from the Gothic grandeur of Milan Cathedral, while the iron-and-glass arcade of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele Secondo reflects a very different era of civic ambition. Romanesque churches such as the Basilica di San Michele Maggiore and San Giovanni Battista, alongside the neoclassical Archi di Porta Nuova and the Arena Civica Gianni Brera, trace centuries of architectural thought. Each site offers a distinct lens through which to read the city's long and layered past.

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