Piazza del Duomo

The Duomo and La Galleria

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March 14th 2007
Piazza del Duomo is about a 10-15 minute tram ride depending on traffic. It's also in the center of what you might call downtown or "historic" Milan. For that reason, it became my starting point whenever I walked around. Big and easy to find- sounds good to me. Everything else because "it's this direction from the Duomo". ha. Also, about the piazza... it's sort of a culture. Tons of locals ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more