Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Milan, Italy

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 11.5 km
Ascend 146 m
Descend 150 m

Experience Milan in Italy in a whole new way with our 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: Mudec

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Mudec Studio FM (per Comune di Milano - Mudec) / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Museum of Cultures (Mudec) in Milan is a museum and exhibition center inaugurated in 2015, in conjunction with Expo, dedicated to the enhancement and interdisciplinary research on world cultures. The Mudec houses the finds and collections of the non-European collections of the Castello Sforzesco. The museum's spaces are also an exhibition center for temporary exhibitions and events, organized both by the Municipality of Milan and by the concessionaire 24 ORE Cultura. Since February 2022, the museum has also been the centre of the Museum of Cultures, Intercultural Projects and Art in Public Space Area.

Wikipedia: Museo delle culture (Milano) (IT), Deezer, Website, Twitter, Facebook, Tripadvisor, Instagram, Yelp, Youtube

1367 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio

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

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

618 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: 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)

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: 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)

284 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: 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

286 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: 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

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: 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)

612 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di San Celso

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

Wikipedia: Santa Maria presso San Celso (IT)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

384 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: 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)

618 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 12: 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 located 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

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: 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)

325 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: 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 on Hagia Sophia Street.

Wikipedia: Monastero della Visitazione (IT)

180 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: 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)

422 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: Giardino Oriana Fallaci

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

Wikipedia: Giardino Oriana Fallaci (IT)

274 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: 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)

171 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: 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)

102 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Crocetta di san Calimero

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Crocetta di san CalimeroGiovanni Dall'Orto / Attribution

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

Wikipedia: Monumento a San Calimero (IT)

307 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: 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)

917 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 21: 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, Italy. Overlooking Via Francesco Sforza, in front of the State University of Milan and next to the Maggiore Hospital, they are among the smallest, but also some of the oldest public gardens in Milan.

Wikipedia: Giardini della Guastalla (IT)

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 22: Tempio Israelitico

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

Wikipedia: Sinagoga centrale di Milano (IT)

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 23: 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)

205 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: 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)

531 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 25: 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)

542 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 26: 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)

440 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 27: Santa Maria del Suffragio

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Santa Maria del Suffragio

The church of Santa Maria del Suffragio is a Roman Catholic church in Milan, Italy, Italy.

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

374 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 28: Fontana Monumento ai Marinai d’Italia

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203 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 29: Parco Vittorio Formentano

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Parco Vittorio Formentano Yorick39 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Vittorio Formentano Park, also known as 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)

1150 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 30: Giardino Oreste del Buono

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The Oreste del Buono garden, until 2015 called Parco ex Motta, is an urban park in Milan, built from 2005 to 2010 on the area previously occupied by the "Motta" confectionery industry.

Wikipedia: Giardino Oreste del Buono (IT)

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