La Scala

La Scala is a historic opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as il Nuovo Regio Ducale Teatro alla Scala.
  • Type: Theater
  • Description: opera house in Milan, Italy
  • Also known as: La Scala Theatre”, “Milan Scala”, “New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala”, and “Scala

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museo Teatrale alla Scala and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.

Museum
The is a theatrical museum and library attached to the Teatro alla Scala in , . Although it has a particular focus on the history of opera and of that opera house, its scope extends to Italian theatrical history in general, and includes displays relating, for example, to the commedia dell'arte and to the famous stage actress Eleonora Duse.

The is Italy's oldest active shopping arcade and a major landmark of . Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. is situated 200 metres south of La Scala.

Museum
The Gallerie d'Italia - Milano is a modern and contemporary museum in , . Located in in the and the Palazzo Anguissola Antona Traversi, it hosts 195 artworks from the collections of Fondazione Cariplo with a strong representation of nineteenth century Lombard painters and sculptors, including Antonio Canova and Umberto Boccioni.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Piazza Cordusio and Outer Milan.

Quarter
is a square in central , . The piazza takes its name from the Cors Ducis which was located on the square during Longobard times.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
Suburban Milan is in the province of Milan.

Locality
The was a historic neighborhood of , , located in the immediate surroundings of Milan's Cathedral, in what is now .

La Scala

Latitude
45.4674° or 45° 28′ 3″ north
Longitude
9.18955° or 9° 11′ 22″ east
Elevation
122 metres (400 feet)
Open location code
8FQFF58Q+XR
Geo­Names ID
11822430
Wiki­data ID
Q5471
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Yue Chinese—“La Scala” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Ла Скала
  • Afrikaans: La Scala
  • Arabic: لا سكالا
  • Armenian: Լա Սկալա
  • Azerbaijani: La Skala
  • Basque: La Scala
  • Belarusian: La Scala
  • Belarusian: Ла Скала
  • Belarusian: Ля Скаля
  • Breton: Teatro alla Scala
  • Bulgarian: Ла Скала
  • Catalan: La Scala
  • Central Kurdish: لا سکالا
  • Chinese: 史卡拉歌劇院
  • Chinese: 斯卡拉大劇院
  • Chinese: 斯卡拉歌剧院
  • Chuvash: Ла Скала
  • Croatian: La Scala
  • Croatian: Teatro alla Scala
  • Czech: La Scala
  • Danish: Teatro alla Scala
  • Dutch: Teatro alla Scala
  • Dutch: Teatro Alla Scala
  • Egyptian Arabic: لا سكالا
  • Esperanto: Teatro alla Scala
  • Estonian: La Scala
  • Finnish: Teatro alla Scala
  • French: La Scala
  • Galician: Teatro alla Scala
  • Georgian: ლა სკალა
  • German: Mailänder Scala
  • German: Scala
  • German: Teatro alla Scala
  • Greek: Σκάλα του Μιλάνου
  • Hebrew: לה סקאלה
  • Hungarian: Teatro alla Scala
  • Indonesian: La Scala
  • Italian: Alla Scala
  • Italian: La Scala
  • Italian: Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala
  • Italian: Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro
  • Italian: Scala
  • Italian: teatro alla Scala
  • Italian: Teatro alla Scala
  • Japanese: スカラ座
  • Kazakh: Ла Скала
  • Kirghiz: «Ла Скала»
  • Kirghiz: Ла Скала
  • Korean: 라 스칼라 극장
  • Korean: 스칼라 극장
  • Ladin: Teatro alla Scala
  • Latin: La Scala
  • Latvian: La Scala
  • Lithuanian: La Scala
  • Lombard: La Scala
  • Lombard: Scala
  • Luxembourgish: Teatro alla Scala
  • Macedonian: Ла Скала
  • Malay: Teatro alla Scala
  • Maltese: Teatru La Scala
  • Mongolian: Ла Скала
  • Norwegian Bokmål: La Scala
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Teatro alla Scala
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: La Scala
  • Norwegian: La Scala
  • Occitan (post 1500): La Scala
  • Occitan (post 1500): Scala de Milan
  • Persian: لا اسکالا
  • Polish: La Scala
  • Polish: Teatro alla Scala
  • Portuguese: La Scala
  • Portuguese: Teatro alla Scala
  • Romanian: Teatro alla Scala
  • Russian: Ла Скала Милан
  • Russian: Ла Скала
  • Russian: опера Ла Скала
  • Russian: театр Ла Скала
  • Russian: Театро де Ла Скала
  • Russian: Театро Ла Скала
  • Serbian: La Skala
  • Serbian: Milanska skala
  • Serbian: Skala
  • Serbian: Ла Скала
  • Serbian: Миланска скала
  • Serbian: Скала (Милано)
  • Serbian: Скала Милано
  • Serbian: Скала у Милану
  • Serbian: Скала
  • Serbian: Театро ала Скала
  • Sicilian: Tiatru â Scala
  • Slovak: La Scala
  • Slovenian: La Scala
  • Slovenian: milanska opera
  • Slovenian: Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro
  • Spanish: La Scala
  • Spanish: Teatro de La Scala
  • Swedish: Teatro alla Scala
  • Thai: โรงอุปรากรลา สกาลา
  • Thai: ลาสกาลา
  • Turkish: La Scala
  • Ukrainian: Ла Скала
  • Urdu: لا سکالا
  • Uzbek: La Skala
  • Welsh: La Scala
  • Western Armenian: Լա Սքալա
  • Western Panjabi: لا سکالا
  • Wu Chinese: 斯卡拉大剧院
  • Yue Chinese: 斯卡拉大劇院

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