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28 Borsalino E2

29 Borsalino Outlet D3

30 Cavalli e Nastri C2

31 G Lorenzi E3

32 La Rinascente D4

33 Peck C4

34 Pellini D2

35 Vintage Delirium C2

36 Wait and See B5

Chiesa di San Maurizio
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(Corso Magenta 15; 9am-noon & 2-5.30pm Tue-Sun; Cadorna-Triennale) The 16th-century
royal chapel and convent of San Maurizio is Milan's hidden crown jewel, every inch of it
covered in Bernardino Luini's breathtaking frescoes. Many of them immortalise the star of
Milan's literary scene at the time, Ippolita Sforza, and her family. Duck through a small
doorway on the left to enter the secluded convent hall where blissful martyred women
saints bear their tribulations serenely - note Santa Lucia calmly holding her lost eyes, and
Santa Agata casually carrying her breasts on a platter.

CHAPEL, CONVENT

Civico Museo Archeologico
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MUSEUM

( 02 8844 5208; Corso Magenta 15; adult/child €2/1; 9am-5.30pm Tue-Sun; Cadorna-Triennale)
Adjoining the church of San Maurizio is the 9th-century Monastero Maggiore, once the
most important Benedictine convent in the city and now the backdrop for the archaeolo-
gical museum. Accessed via a cloister where fragments of the city's Roman walls can be
seen, and through the 3rd-century frescoed Ansperto Tower , it provides great insight into
old Mediolanum with well-curated collections of Etruscan, Greek, Roman, Gothic and
Lombard artefacts.

Villa Necchi Campiglio
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HOUSE MUSEUM