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Milan
POP 1.3 MILLION
Why Go?
Home of Italy's stock exchange, an industrial powerhouse and the internationally accepted
arbiter of taste in fashion and design, Milan is a seething metropolis. At times it can seem
brash and soulless but beneath the veneer is a serious sense of history and place. The grand
Gothic cathedral, the Duomo, lies at the geographical heart of this one-time Imperial Ro-
man capital, and expresses the love of beauty and power that still drives the city today. Art
collections old and new, unparalleled shopping, one of Europe's biggest trade-fair com-
plexes, sparkling nightlife, the prestige of opera at La Scala, the mark of Leonardo da
Vinci's genius, a religious addiction to
calcio
(football), and endless opportunities to eat the
best of Lombard and Italian food make Milan much more than the puritanically work-ob-
sessed city it is often portrayed as. The city's next big date with destiny is Expo 2015, a
world exhibition.
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