It’s one of the most visited exhibition spaces in the Milanese capital. Its origins are very ancient, and its history is intertwined with that of the noble families who alternated in the government of the city of Milan, from the Sforzas to the Spanish rule, passing through the Habsburgs and the Savoys. Until after the Second World War, when the structure hosted the memorable exhibition on Caravaggio. The Royal Palace is now a cultural center in the heart of the city; it plays an important role in the arts and hosts numerous exhibitions by well-known artists from around the world painting and sculpture.

It’s one of the oldest churches in the city of Milan, of which it is one of the best-known symbols, and of all Christianity. The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, located in the square of the same name, is one of the main examples of medieval Romanesque architecture, of high artistic value, historical, and religious. Under the portico is preserved the treasure of Sant'Ambrogio, which includes goldsmith's objects, fabrics, tapestries, marbles, stuccoes, mosaics, wooden fragment,s and paintings.

The Gallerie d'Italia in Milan is one of the main museum centers of the city, located in the heart of the historic center. The museum stands out for the care in  enhancing the artistic and architectural heritage, with restored rooms that retain their original charm, such as Alessandro Manzoni's Garden, enriched with contemporary sculptures. The museum extends within three prestigious historic buildings: Palazzo Brentani , Palazzo Anguissola Antona Traversi and the former headquarters of the Banca Commerciale Italiana, designed by Luca Beltrami in the early twentieth century.

It’s a rare example of a rationalist urban villa with art deco elements, the result of the architectural genius of Piero Portaluppi, who designed it between 1932 and 1935, and subsequent interventions by Tommaso Buzzi.there are masterpieces of art: the De' Micheli collection of paintings and decorative arts of the eighteenth century, with works by Canaletto and Tiepolo; the Gian Ferrari collection of Italian art of the '900, with Mario Sironi, Giorgio De Chirico and sculptures by Arturo Martini. In 2017 the Sforni collection was added, with works on paper by Picasso, Fontana, Modigliani, Matisse.

The villa was built in the second half of the 1500s on a project by Pellegrino Tibaldi for the then-powerful Como family of Gallio. Between 1816 and 1820, Carolina gathered around her a cosmopolitan and fun-loving court, thus increasing the fame of the place on an international scale. In the mid-1800s, Villa d'Este was sold to the Ciani family, who already in 1873 transformed it into the current luxury hotel complex and convention center. There is an Italian garden, nestled next to an avenue of cypress trees. Its ornamental features include a geometrically arranged series of alternating miniature towers, forts, and waterfalls, ending in a nymphaeum.

An Italian masterpiece of the Renaissance, the Certosa of Pavia is immersed in the countryside. The monumental complex was built at the end of the 1300s at the behest of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, lord of Milan, as a sepulchral mausoleum of the Milanese dynasty, in fulfillment of the vow of his wife, Caterina. The Certosa, whose construction was completed in about 50 years, has different architectural styles, from the late Italian Gothic to the Renaissance, as well as artistic and decorative, including refined marbles and fine paintings.

It’s a complex inspired by the Tuscan Medici architecture. Also known as Villa Litta di Lainate, the building was designed around 1585 by Count Pirro I Visconti Borromeo, who, with the collaboration of the best artists of the time, transformed a fourteenth-century farmhouse, used for agricultural production, into a truly unique site. What is striking is the majestic gardens, recently awarded among the most beautiful public parks in Italy.

It is not only the Teatro alla Scala that makes the square of the same name one of the must-see destinations for anyone visiting Milan. In front of the façade of the world temple of opera, Piermarini's masterpiece, stands Palazzo Marino, the seat of the municipality of Milan, an elegant and imposing building, designed by Galeazzo Alessi in the second half of the 1500s. Significant is the monument in the center of the square, made by Leonardo da Vinci, atop a high pink granite base, surrounded by four of his young pupils: Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Marco d'Oggiono, Cesare da Sesto, and Gian Giacomo Caprotti, known as Salaino.

The Ducal Palace of Mantua is an extraordinary complex of buildings, churches, gardens and internal squares built between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. In all, there are over 500 rooms on an area of 35,000 square meters: a real city within the city, most of which can be visited.Inside the Ducal Palace there is also the National Archaeological Museum of Mantua, with important Neolithic, Etruscan, Roman and Lombard finds.

Built around the middle of the fourteenth century by Luchino Visconti, underwent various transformations until it took on the appearance of a Renaissance palace, thanks to the intervention of Bramante and the will of Ludovico il Moro. Some of the splendid frescoes made by Lombard artists are still visible today in the large rooms of the structure, sumptuously furnished to welcome sovereigns and illustrious personalities. Of particular charm is the one kept in the Sala dell'Affresco, depicting a hunting scene, one of the favorite pastimes of the Dukes of Milan.

In the middle of Lake Como, the villa stands almost unexpectedly at the end of a small green peninsula: the extreme tip of the Dosso di Lavedo. Its history began as a "place of delights" created by the Milanese cardinal Angelo Maria Durini at the end of the 1700s.Villa del Balbianello unquestionably has a very scenic effect, with the landing and the monumental staircases, the small port adorned  with statues of saints, the residence and the church with a double bell tower, and the belvedere facing on one side towards the Comacina Island and on the other towards Bellagio.

The villa is one of the most famous on the lake, built around 1690 for the then president of the Lombard Senate, Giorgio Clerici. Today, Villa Carlotta is owned by the State. You can visit a museum that includes, among other things, sculptures by Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorvaldsen, paintings by Francesco Hayez (The Last Kiss of Romeo and Juliet), furniture by Giuseppe Maggiolini, and fragments of the neoclassical frescoes painted by Andrea Appiani for the Royal Palace of Milan. The garden is splendid, which fascinates crowds of visitors with the amazing spring flowering of rhododendrons and azaleas.