Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #9 in Milan, Italy
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10.7 km
132 m
Explore Milan in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in MilanIndividual Sights in MilanSight 1: Chiesa di San Giuseppe Calasanzio
The church of San Giuseppe Calasanzio is a parish church of modern construction located in Milan in Via Don Carlo Gnocchi, near Piazzale Axum, in the territory of the Deanery of San Siro.
Sight 2: Cappella di Don Carlo Gnocchi
The diocesan sanctuary of Blessed Don Gnocchi is a modern church located in Milan with an entrance from Via Capecelatro and dedicated to Blessed Carlo Gnocchi, a priest, Alpine in Russia and founder of the "Pro Juventute" institute, whose body is exposed in the central altar. The sanctuary, commissioned and built by the Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation next to the original building that housed the "Pro Infanzia Mutilata Federation" of Don Gnocchi, was completed in 2010 and consecrated and dedicated to Don Gnocchi by Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi on the first anniversary of his beatification, on October 24, 2010.
Sight 3: Santi Protasio e Gervasio
San Protaso is a church in Milan, Italy, located on the corner of Piazzale Brescia and Via Osoppo, in Municipio 7. it is the Ambrosian rite parish of the same name, belonging to the deanery of San Siro-Sempione-Vercellina in pastoral zone I of the archdiocese of Milan.
Sight 4: Fontana delle Quattro Stagioni
The Fountain of the Four Seasons is a fountain located in the center of Piazzale Giulio Cesare, in the city of Milan. It was inaugurated on 12 April 1927 on the occasion of the opening of the eighth International Trade Fair. The project was by the architect Renzo Gerla, at the time an official of the Technical Office of the Municipality of Milan.
Sight 5: Monumento agli Alpini d'Italia
The monument to the Alpini d'Italia is a bronze sculpture by Emilio Bisi located in Piazza Giovanni XXIII in Milan.
Sight 6: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a parish church in Milan, Italy.
Sight 7: Santa Maria di Lourdes
The church of Santa Maria di Lourdes is a place of worship of the Ambrosian rite of Milan located in via F.lli Induno n. 12 in the northern part of the city, near the Monumental Cemetery. It is part of the pastoral zone I, deanery of Simplon. The church was elevated to a parish in 1925 and in 1958, the centenary of the apparition of the Virgin to Bernadette, to the rank of minor Roman basilica by Cardinal Montini, later Pope Paul VI. The building was erected between 1897 and 1902 to a design by the architect Alfredo Campanini (1873-1926), known for his Art Nouveau and eclectic Milanese architecture.
Sight 8: La Fabbrica del Vapore
The Fabbrica del Vapore was an industrial complex of tram and railway rolling stock products, now redeveloped as a multifunctional centre. It is located in Milan, in Via Giulio Cesare Procaccini, near the Monumental Cemetery.
Sight 9: Museo storico dei vigili del fuoco di Milano
The Historical Museum of the Milan Fire Brigade collects memorabilia, vehicles, equipment, uniforms, documents that tell two hundred years of history of the 52nd Milan Fire Brigade.
Wikipedia: Museo storico dei vigili del fuoco di Milano (IT), Website
Sight 10: Cimitero Monumentale
The Cimitero Monumentale is one of the two largest cemeteries in Milan, Italy, the other one being the Cimitero Maggiore. It is noted for the abundance of artistic tombs and monuments.
Sight 11: ADI Design Museum
The ADI Design Museum is a museum in Milan, Italy, which houses the historical collection of the ADI Compasso d'Oro Foundation, as well as temporary exhibitions, public talks and initiatives. It is dedicated to the understanding and promotion of design in Italy and abroad.
Sight 12: Porta Volta
Porta Volta is a former city gate of Milan, Italy, part of the Spanish walls. Nowadays, the name "Porta Volta" is most commonly used to refer to the surrounding district ("quartiere"), part of the Zone 8 administrative division of the city.
Sight 13: Basilica di Sant'Antonio da Padova
The Sanctuary of St. Anthony of Padua is a church in Milan, Italy, entrusted to the Order of Friars Minor. It is located in Via Carlo Farini, not far from the Monumental Cemetery and Milan Porta Garibaldi Station.
Wikipedia: Santuario di Sant'Antonio di Padova (Milano) (IT)
Sight 14: Vertical Forest
The Bosco Verticale is a complex of two residential skyscrapers designed by Boeri Studio and located in the Porta Nuova district of Milan, Italy. They have a height of 116 metres (381 ft) and 84 m (276 ft) and within the complex is an 11-storey office building.
Sight 15: Giardini pubblici comunali di Via De Castillia
The garden of the Catella Foundation is a green area in Milan, located in the Isola district near the Riccardo Catella Foundation. The garden, designed by Studio Land, was opened to the public in 2007 and has an area of 4,000 m².
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