Category:Milan, Italy

Milan / Milano / Mediolanum is a city in Italy.

• Cities -- Countries

Overview

Founded by the Insubres, a Celtic people, and then a Roman colony, the city developed as an important center in the region. From 286 to 402 CE, Milan was declared the capital of the Western Roman Empire. The city has remained the major business and cultural centre in the Lombardy region in Northern Italy and the engine of contemporary economy in Italy.

Higher Education

• University of Milan Statale -- University of Milan Bicocca -- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore -- Luigi Bocconi University

Museums

• Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy
• Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy
• Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy

Publishers

• Bompiani -- Hoepli -- Mondadori -- Mursia -- Rizzoli -- Rusconi

Theaters

• Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy

People

• Giuseppe Arcimboldo (M / Italy, 1527-1593), artist

• Francesco Pertusati (M / Italy, 1741-1823), translator

• Antonio Maria Ceriani (M / Italy, 1828-1907), scholar

• Piero Martinetti (M / Italy, 1872-1943), scholar

• Carlo Maria Martini (M / Italy, 1927-2012), scholar

External links

• Wikipedia