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Milan (Milano in the Italian language, and Milán in Milanese dialect, from Latin, Mediolanum with the meaning of 'in the middle of the plain') is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most developed Italian regions. It has about 1.3 million inhabitants, but the urban area totals about 4.5 million and the Metropolitan Area about 7.5 million. It is the capital of the region and is the economic capital of Italy. It has for many centuries been recorded as Mailand, which is still the German name of the city today.
Its province lies in the western part of Lombardy; it covers an area of 1,982 sq. km and has a population of 3,707,210 (2001 census); in 1991 the population was 3,738,685. The province comprises 188 communes, ranging in population (2001) from (obviously) Milan (1,256,211) to Nosate (638); the commune of Milan has lost 113,084 inhabitants (8,3%), from 1991 to 2001.
The town is famous for fashion firms and shops ( via Montenapoleone) and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele on the Piazza del Duomo, reputed to be the world's oldest shopping mall. Another famed product of the city is the traditional sweet cake called panettone.
Milan is the centre of many financial businesses, and its hinterland is an avant-garde industrial area. Fiera Milano, the city's Exhibition Center and Trade Fair complex is one of the most important in the world. A new fairground is under construction in the north-western suburb of Pero and Rho, due to be opened in May 2005. This is Europe's largest open construction project and will make Fiera Milano the largest trade fair complex in the world.
Milan is the most important town in the world for OperaCharles Garnier's Opera, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. The drama is presented using the typical elements of theater such as scenery, costumes, and acting. However, the words of the opera, lirica, with its famous Teatro alla Scala ( La Scala, theatre).
The Biblioteca Ambrosiana contains drawings and notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci among its vast holdings of books, manuscripts and drawings and is one of the main repositories of European culture. The city is also the home of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts .
Universities in Greater Milan:
The main monuments and museums include the Duomo di Milano (a Gothic cathedral), the Romanesque church of Sant' Ambrogio (St. Ambrose, patron saint of the city), the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie (where Leonardo's Last Supper fresco is located), the Sforza Castle, the Brera Museum, the Poldi-Pezzoli Museum and the Central Station.
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