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The dynamo behind the country's "economic miracle",
MILAN
is a city like no other in Italy. It's foggy in winter, muggy in summer, and is closer in outlook, as well as distance, to London than to Palermo. This is no city of peeling palazzi, cobbled piazzas and
la dolce vita
, but one in which time is money, the pace fast, and where consumerism and the work-ethic rule the lives of its power-dressed citizens.
It's a historic city, with enough churches and museums to keep you busy for a week - the Accademia Brera, duomo and the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie - but there are also parks and cafés to relax in, and the contemporary aspects of the place represent the leading edge of Italy's fashion and design industry
The City
Historic Milan lies at the centre of a web of streets, within the inner
Cerchia dei Navigli
, which follows the route of the medieval city walls.
Piazza del Duomo
is the city centre's main orientation point: most of the city's major...
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