Milan Attractions

500m/550yd south the church of Sant'Eustorgio, a Romanesque basilica (12th-13th centuries) has a fine campanile (1297-1309) and a facade which was added in 1863. Beyond the choir is the Cappella Portinari (by Michelozzo, 1462-68), the earliest example of Renaissance architecture, with frescoes by Vincenzo Foppa. In the chapel is the marble tomb (1339) of St Peter Martyr, a Dominican monk murdered in 1250.

The Milan Metro was first opened in 1964. There are 3 lines with 82 stations on 67.8km/42mi of track 46.5km/28.9mi of which is underground. Trains run from 6 am till 00:20 every two and a half minutes during peak operating hours and every five minutes at other times. A 12.6km/7.8mi Line 3 extension to the northern suburbs has been proposed, along with a projection of Line 2 from Famagosta to Ple Abbiategrasso.

The Museo Storico Alfa Romeo is a beautifully laid out museum located just northwest of Milano. It displays some stunningly gorgeous and technically innovative automobiles produced by Alfa Romeo over the years.

Almost opposite the Palazzo Rocca-Saporiti is the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale (Museum of Natural History), notable in particular for its large collection of birds (25,000 specimens). Behind the museum extend the Giardini Pubblici, with an interesting planetarium.

On the right-hand side, at the corner of Via San Damiano, are the Palazzo Serbelloni (1793) and the Palazzo Rocca-Saporiti (1812), both in Neo-Classical style.

From Piazza Belgioioso the Corso Matteotti, with fine modern buildings, runs east to the Piazza San Babila, which has been considerably enlarged since the Second World War, with large modern blocks and the little Romanesque church of San Babila. From the southwest corner of the square the Corso Vittoria Emanuele (pedestrian precinct), lined with elegant shops, leads towards the cathedral.

The Corso Venezia joins the Piazzale Oberdan, in which are two little gatehouses of the Porta Venezia. From here the busy Corso Buenos Aires continues the line of Corso Venezia northeast to the circular Piazzale Loreto.

Immediately on the right-hand side of the Corso is the church of San Carlo al Corso, a circular building modeled on the Pantheon (by Carlo Amati, 1836-47).

From Piazza San Babila the line of Corso Vittorio Emanuele is continued northeast by the broad Corso Venezia.

Just north of the church of San Lorenzo the Corso di Porta Ticinese runs into the Piazza Carrobbio. In Via Torino, which runs northeast from this square to the Piazzo del Duomo, stands the church of San Giorgio al Palazzo, with paintings by Bernardino Luini. Cimitero Monumentale In northwestern Milan, at the Porta Volta, lies the Cimitero Monumentale (opened 1866), Italy's most splendid cemetery, with numerous highly elaborate marble tombs.

Southeast of Sant'Ambrogio, in the Corso di Porta Ticines in Milan, San Lorenzo, a fine building on a centralized plan, dates from the Early Christian period; it has a Renaissance dome (1574) and the chapel of St Aquilinus (fourth century mosaics). In front of the church a portico of sixteen Corinthian columns, the largest surviving monument of Roman Mediolanum, has been re-erected.

Sinigallia Market opens every Saturday. The "Oh Bei! Oh Bei! Market" is open on select dates in November and December.

A toy museum (Museo del Giocattolo e del Bambino) was opened in 1989 at Via Ripa Ticinese (No 27). On display are some 200 games and toys dating from 1700 to 1950.