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Milan, Italy

Milan, Italy's northern powerhouse, pulses beneath Gothic spires and glass-and-steel towers where the Duomo's white marble forest of pinnacles watches ove...

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The Last Supper and the Silence It Demands

The Last Supper and the Silence It Demands

To see da Vinci's Last Supper you book months in advance, pass through dehumidifying antechambers, and enter in a small group with a strict fifteen-minute limit. None of that felt...

Aperitivo Hour on the Navigli

Aperitivo Hour on the Navigli

Milan invented aperitivo culture and takes it seriously. Along the Navigli canals on a Thursday evening, every bar puts out bruschetta, olives, arancini, and cold cuts included wi...

Inside the Duomo di Milano

Inside the Duomo di Milano

The Milan cathedral took nearly six centuries to finish, and standing inside you feel every one of those years. The nave stretches so far ahead that the altar looks small at the e...