West Milan
Western Milan is the part of the city that encompasses its only UNESCO World Heritage Site, which includes a famous painting. Other sights are a cemetery with - as the name reveals - monumental tombs, and the old fair centre where you might end up if you are visiting Milan on a business trip.Places of Interest
Highlights include The Last Supper and Milano Cadorna railway station.
The Last Supper
Work of art
Photo: Leonardo da Vinci, Public domain.
The Last Supper is a mural painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1495–1498, housed in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy.
Milano Cadorna railway station
Railway station
Photo: JasonParis, CC BY 2.0.
Milano Cadorna is a commuter railway station located near the Castello Sforzesco in Milan, Italy.
Museum of Musical Instruments
Museum
Photo: Nicoin3pido, CC BY-SA 3.0 it.
The Museum of Musical Instruments of Milan exhibits over 700 musical instruments from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries with particular attention to Lombard instruments.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Outer Milan and Centro Storico.
Centro Storico
The Centro Storico is the historic centre of the city of Milan, contained within the area once delimited by the medieval city walls and today by the streets forming the Corso Navigli easily distinguishable on the map of the city.Brera
Suburb
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brera is a district of Milan, Italy. It is located within the Zone 1 and it is centred on Via Brera. The name stems from Medieval Italian "braida" or "brera", derived from Old Lombardic "brayda", meaning a land expanse either cleared of trees or naturally lacking them.
West Milan
- Type: district
- Also known as: “Milan/West”
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Milan, Province of Milan, Grande Milano, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.47223° or 45° 28′ 20″ northLongitude
9.1656° or 9° 9′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8FQFF5C8+V6Wikidata ID
Q16939423
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Italian—“West Milan” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “מילאנו/מערב העיר”
- Hebrew: “מערב העיר”
- Italian: “Milano ovest”
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