Milan is the second largest city in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.

Milan is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the regional capital of Lombardy. The city has a population of about 1.3 million, while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 3.08 million.

The Milan metropolitan area, by far the largest in Italy, is estimated by OECD to have a population of 7.4 million. Milan is renowned as one of the world capitals of design and fashion. The English word millinery, referring to women's hats, is derived from the name of the city.

The Lombard metropolis is famous for its fashion houses and shops (such as along via Montenapoleone) and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in the Piazza Duomo (reputed to be the world's oldest shopping mall).

The city hosted the World Exposition in 1906 and will host the Universal Expo in 2015 Milan is undergoing an urban re-design. Construction projects are under way to rehabilitate disused industrial areas on the periphery. The schemes include the addition to the Teatro alla Scala; the CityLife project in the old "fiera" site; the new quarter Santa Giulia; and the Porta Nuova project in the Garibaldi-Repubblica zone. Many famous architects participate, such as Renzo Piano, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Massimiliano Fuksas and Daniel Libeskind.

The tasks will change the skyline of Milan, which would no longer be dominated by the Duomo and the Pirelli Tower. Milan will host Expo 2015 as a renewed city in the wake of this modernization

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Airports	Italian Airports
Police	113
first aid	118
Taxi	Autoradiotaxi 02.85.85 Taxi Blu 02.40.40 Yellow Taxi 02.69.69
Trasportation	A.T.M.
	Highways
Local currency:	EURO
Language	Italian
Electricity	Cathedral
	Main Sights
Shops	Monday to Saturday: from 10.00 to 12.30 and from 15.30 to 20.00 - mon morning and sun closed - in center also open during lunch time
About the City	Official Website
Telephone	The international country code for Italy  is 0039, Milan code is 02