Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Milan, Italy

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 10.1 km
Ascend 127 m
Descend 126 m

Experience Milan in Italy in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in MilanIndividual Sights in Milan

Sight 1: Parco Vittorio Formentano

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Parco Vittorio Formentano Yorick39 / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Vittorio Formentano park, also known as the Largo Marinai d'Italia park, is a 72320 m² Milanese park, located between Corso XXII Marzo and Viale Umbria, without a fence and therefore always accessible.

Wikipedia: Parco Vittorio Formentano (IT)

203 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Fontana Monumento ai Marinai d’Italia

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374 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Santa Maria del Suffragio

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Santa Maria del Suffragio

The church of Santa Maria del Suffragio is a Catholic place of worship in Milan, Italy, located in Corso XXII Marzo.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Suffragio (Milano) (IT), Website

445 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Monumento alle Cinque Giornate di Milano

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Monumento alle Cinque Giornate di MilanoGiovanni Dall'Orto / Attribution

The Monument to the Five Days of Milan is a monument comprising a bronze obelisk and sculptures on a plinth located in the center of Piazza Cinque Giornate in Milan, Italy. The monument was created by Italian sculptor Giuseppe Grandi and inaugurated in 1895 to commemorate the Five Days of Milan, a rebellion of 18–22 March 1848 which caused the Austrian army to withdraw from Milan. In this site, once rose the Porta Vittoria, the eastern gate in the Medieval Spanish Walls of Milan, whose capture by the rebellion prompted the Austrians to abandon the city.

Wikipedia: Monument to the Five Days of Milan (EN)

542 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di San Pietro in Gessate

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Chiesa di San Pietro in Gessate

San Pietro in Gessate is a church in Milan, northern Italy. Built in the 15th century, it is a noteworthy example of Gothic architecture.

Wikipedia: San Pietro in Gessate (EN)

531 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pace

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The Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pace is a church in Milan, Italy. It was built in 1497.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria della Pace, Milan (EN)

205 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa dei Santi Barnaba e Paolo

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San Barnaba is a church in Milan, Italy. It is the first edifice of the Barnabites order.

Wikipedia: San Barnaba, Milan (EN)

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Tempio Israelitico

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The central synagogue of Milan, built in 1892, rebuilt in 1947 and again renovated in 1997, is the main place of worship of the Jewish community of Milan. Since 1993 it has taken the name of Hechal David u-Mordechai Central Temple. It is located in via Guastalla 19.

Wikipedia: Sinagoga centrale di Milano (IT)

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Giardino della Guastalla

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Giardino della Guastalla Original uploader was Yoruno at it.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Guastalla Gardens are a park in Milan. Overlooking Via Francesco Sforza, in front of the State University of Milan and next to the Maggiore Hospital, they are among the least extensive, but also some of the oldest public gardens in Milan.

Wikipedia: Giardini della Guastalla (IT)

513 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: Sguardo Fisico

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Sguardo Fisico Comune di Milano / CC BY 3.0 it

The monument to Margherita Hack is a bronze sculpture placed in Milan in Largo Richini and erected in 2022 in memory of the famous astrophysicist and academic.

Wikipedia: Monumento a Margherita Hack (IT), Artist Website

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Basilica San Nazaro in Brolo

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Basilica San Nazaro in BroloG.dallorto / Attribution

The basilica of San Nazaro in Brolo or San Nazaro Maggiore is a 4th-century Roman Catholic church in Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Nazaro in Brolo (EN)

390 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Teatro Carcano

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The Teatro Carcano is a theatre in Milan, Italy, located at 63 Corso di Porta Romana. Although now exclusively devoted to plays and dance, it served as an opera house for much of the 19th century and saw the premieres of several important operas. Completed in 1803, the theatre was commissioned by the Milanese aristocrat and theatre-lover Giuseppe Carcano and originally designed by Luigi Canonica. Over the succeeding two centuries it has undergone several restructurings and renovations and for a time in the mid-20th century functioned as a cinema.

Wikipedia: Teatro Carcano (EN)

357 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Giardino Roberto Bazlen

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The Roberto Bazlen garden, formerly the CTS garden of Porta Romana, is a small green area in the center of Milan, located near Porta Romana.

Wikipedia: Giardino Roberto Bazlen (IT)

307 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Crocetta di san Calimero

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Crocetta di san CalimeroGiovanni Dall'Orto / Attribution

The monument to San Calimero is a commemorative sculpture located in Corso di Porta Romana in the historic center of Milan in Largo Crocetta.

Wikipedia: Monumento a San Calimero (IT)

166 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Santa Maria al Paradiso

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Santa Maria al Paradiso

Chiesa di Santa Maria al Paradiso is a church in Milan, Italy. It was begun in 1590 for the Third Order of Saint Francis, after designs by Martino Bassi. The facade, however, was only added in 1897 in a Neo-Baroque style by the architect Ernesto Pirovano (1866-1934).

Wikipedia: Santa Maria al Paradiso, Milan (EN)

274 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Giardino Oriana Fallaci

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The Oriana Fallaci garden, formerly the Quadronno Crivelli garden, is a green area in the center of Milan, located near Viale Beatrice d'Este.

Wikipedia: Giardino Oriana Fallaci (IT)

422 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 17: Basilica di San Calimero

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Basilica di San CalimeroG.dallorto / Attribution

The Basilica di San Calimero is a church in Milan, northern Italy. Its name refers to Saint Calimerius, an early bishop of the city. It dates from the 5th century but was almost completely rebuilt in 1882 by the architect Angelo Colla in an attempt to restore it to the "original" medieval structure.

Wikipedia: Basilica di San Calimero (EN)

180 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Visitazione

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The Monastery of the Visitation in Milan is the Milanese seat of the cloistered nuns of the order of the Visitation of Santa Maria. It is located in Via Santa Sofia.

Wikipedia: Monastero della Visitazione (IT)

433 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 19: Basilica di Sant’Eufemia

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Basilica di Sant’EufemiaG.dallorto / Attribution

Basilica di Sant'Eufemia is a church in Milan, Italy. It was established in 472.

Wikipedia: Basilica of Sant'Eufemia, Milan (EN)

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Chiesa di San Paolo Converso

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Chiesa di San Paolo Converso / Attribution

San Paolo Converso is a former Roman Catholic church in Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy, now utilized as a contemporary art space.

Wikipedia: San Paolo Converso (EN)

384 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 21: Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli presso San Celso

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Santa Maria dei Miracoli presso San Celso is a church and a sanctuary in Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria presso San Celso (EN)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 22: Chiesa di San Celso

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Santa Maria presso San Celso is an ancient sanctuary in Milan, located at number 37 in Corso Italia. It is flanked by the ancient church of San Celso.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria presso San Celso (IT)

612 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 23: Parco Papa Giovanni Paolo II

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Parco Papa Giovanni Paolo II, best known by its historic name Basilicas Park is a city park of Milan, Italy, located in Zone 1. It owes its name to the fact that it connects two major basilicas, the Basilica of San Lorenzo and the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio. The park has an overall area of 40.700 m2, bisected by Via Molino delle Armi, one of the avenues comprising the Cerchia dei Navigli ring road.

Wikipedia: Parco delle Basiliche (EN)

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: Museo Diocesano di Milano

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Museo Diocesano di Milano

The Diocesan Museum of Milan is an art museum in Milan housing a permanent collection of sacred artworks, especially from Milan and Lombardy. Originally conceived by Ildefonso Schuster in 1931 as a vehicle to protect and promote the art collection of the Archdiocese of Milan, the museum was eventually established in the former headquarters of the Dominican Order in the back of the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio with the support of Pope Paul VI. In 2001 Carlo Maria Martini inaugurated the current venue located in Porta Ticinese.

Wikipedia: Diocesan Museum of Milan (EN), Website

451 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 25: Teatro i

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Teatro i is a theater in Milan, Italy, Italy.

Wikipedia: Teatro i (IT), Website

608 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 26: Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio

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Basilica di Sant'EustorgioSamoano / Attribution

The Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio is a church in Milan in northern Italy, which is in the Basilicas Park city park. It was for many years an important stop for pilgrims on their journey to Rome or to the Holy Land, because it was said to contain the tomb of the Three Magi or Three Kings.

Wikipedia: Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio (EN), Website

284 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 27: Porta Ticinese

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Porta Ticinese

Porta Ticinese is a former city gate of Milan, Italy. The gate, facing south-west, was first created with the Spanish walls of the city, in the 16th century, but the original structure was later demolished and replaced in the early 19th century. The name "Porta Ticinese" is used both to refer to the gate proper and to the surrounding district, part of the Zone 6 administrative division. In the same district there is also a medieval gate with the same name, although in common speech the name "Porta Ticinese" is usually assumed to refer to the 19th century gate.

Wikipedia: Porta Ticinese (EN)

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 28: San Gottardo al Corso

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The church of San Gottardo al Corso is a church in Milan located at the beginning of the homonymous Corso San Gottardo, in Municipio 5.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Gottardo al Corso (Milano) (IT)

618 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 29: Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio

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The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio is a Catholic place of worship in Milan. It is located along the Naviglio Grande, in Alzaia Naviglio Grande 34, in the Porta Genova district, inside Municipio 6.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio (IT)

599 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 30: Navigli

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The navigli are a system of interconnected canals in and around Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy, dating back as far as the Middle Ages.

Wikipedia: Navigli (EN)

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