Arco della Pace
Piazza Sempione, 20154 Milan
The Arco della Pace is Milan's triumphal arch — a neoclassical marble gate at the northwestern end of Parco Sempione that was begun in 1807 to celebrate Napoleon's victories and completed in 1838 as a monument to peace after the Austrian Empire reclaimed Lombardy.
Colonne di San Lorenzo
Corso di Porta Ticinese 39, 20123 Milan
The Colonne di San Lorenzo are 16 Roman columns standing in a row in front of the Basilica di San Lorenzo — the most visible remnant of Roman Mediolanum (as Milan was known) and the unlikely centrepiece of one of Milan's most popular evening gathering spots.
Parco Sempione
Piazza Sempione, Centro Storico, Milan, 20154, Italy
Parco Sempione is Milan's Central Park — a 38.
Piazza dei Mercanti
Via dei Mercanti, Centro Storico, Milan, 20123, Italy
Piazza dei Mercanti is medieval Milan's surviving heart — a small, enclosed square one block north of the Duomo that served as the city's commercial and political centre from the 13th to the 18th century.
Piazza Gae Aulenti & Porta Nuova
Piazza Gae Aulenti, 20124 Milan
Piazza Gae Aulenti is the centrepiece of Milan's most dramatic modern urban development — Porta Nuova, a district of glass skyscrapers and public spaces that transformed a neglected railway area north of the city centre into Milan's financial and architectural showpiece.
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