4-Hour Vintage Fiat 500 Grand Tour of Milan

In the 4th century San Lorenzo stood outside the city walls, not far from the amphitheater, the imperial palace and the circus, along the Via Ticinensis, which connected Pavia to Milan and was the most important access road to the city. For those arriving in Milan the Basilica presented itself with all its size.

The church of San Bernardino alle Ossa is a church in Milan, located in Piazza Santo Stefano. Also referred to in the past as San Bernardino ai Morti, it is particularly known for the seventeenth-century ossuary chapel, the walls of which are largely covered in bones to form true baroque decorations.

Via Laghetto takes its name from the small lake of Santo Stefano, a modest basin that played a fundamental role in the construction of the Milan Cathedral. The work was carried out at the end of 1300, more precisely between 1388 and 1389, therefore a few years after the laying of the foundation stone of the Milan Cathedral (1386), to lower the cost of transporting Candoglia marble.

The University of Milan, also known colloquially as "La Statale", is a public university founded in 1923. The headquarters is located in the Renaissance building of "Ca' Granda" in Milan, commissioned by the Duke of Milan Francesco Sforza as the city's hospital.

The court was built between 1932 and 1940 under the direction of the architect Marcello Piacentini in twentieth century style. For its construction, the church of San Filippo Neri in Bovisasca and the convent of the Slaves of Mary were demolished.

The Rotonda della Besana is a late Baroque cemetery complex in Milan consisting of a long closed portico in the center of which stands the former church of San Michele ai Nuovi Sepolcri, built starting in 1695 based on a design by Arrisio Arrigoni. Today it is home to the MU.BA (children's museum).

Porta Romana is one of the six main gates of Milan, built along the Spanish walls, now almost entirely demolished. Characterized by the presence of the monumental arch from 1596 commissioned by Philip III of Spain, it stands in the center of Piazza Medaglie d'Oro, at the mouth of Corso di Porta Romana.

Over the centuries, the Navigli of Milan allowed navigation in an entire area that from the large lakes, crossing the entire plain, extended to the sea. The water network of the Navigli gradually expanded with the construction of the Naviglio Pavese and from the 14th century it played a leading role in the transit of materials used for the construction of the Milan Cathedral. Work that continued for the following centuries with important creations such as the Conca della Viarenna and the Naviglio della Martesana. Today the neighborhood is full of restaurants and cafes. The projects for the improvements that Leonardo da Vinci made, as a hydraulic engineer, to the system of basins, which regulated the flows of water, date back to the Renaissance.

The San Vittore prison is a penitentiary institution whose construction began in May 1872, while it was inaugurated on 24 June 1879 during the Kingdom of Italy by Umberto I. It is located along Viale Papiniano, home to an important and characteristic open-air market.

The Teatro Nazionale, designed by Mario Borgato, was used as a movie-theater for a long time and it was then inaugurated as a theater in 1924. In the same square are the very first “skyscrapers” in the city (only 38 meters high!) designed in Art Deco style by the same architect in 1923.

Milan's City Life neighborhood is home to luxury apartment buildings and cutting-edge office skyscrapers. The sprawling CityLife Shopping District offers trendy shops, international restaurants and a cinema. In the nearby CityLife park, with over 1000 trees, it is possible to follow pedestrian and cycle paths that cross expanses of meadows. Palazzo delle Scintille is a vast building that hosts fashion shows and exhibitions.

The Maspes-Vigorelli velodrome (1935) is a historic sports facility in the city of Milan originally dedicated to track cycling and today used mainly for American football.

Il neoclassico Arco della Pace (o Porta Sempione, 1807) è stata la prima delle nuove cinque porte più recenti di Milano, ricavata lungo i bastioni spagnoli, oggi demoliti, e realizzata nell'ampio piazzale retrostante la piazza d'Armi del Castello Sforzesco come ingresso trionfale alla città dalla Francia.

The Gianni Brera Civic Arena, until 2001 simply called the Civic Arena, is a multifunctional sports facility in Milan. Inaugurated in 1807 as the Milan Amphitheater, in 1870 it became the Civic Arena following its acquisition by the Municipality.

The Monumental Cemetery was designed by Carlo Maciachini and opened in 1866. The site allows visitors to time-travel into the history of Milan, as they can spot the tombs of figures whose names now adorn major metro stations, roads, and squares.

Built in 1990 on the initiative of a group of companies that transformed an anonymous water tank in Porta Garibaldi into a colorful homage to Milanese creativity, the Rainbow Tower was restored on the occasion of Expo2015 and returned to its original splendor.

The UniCredit Tower complex, eco-sustainable buildings in glass and steel, was designed by the architect Cesar Pelli of the Pelli Clarke Pelli architectural studio and is made up of 3 towers, respectively 230 meters high (31 floors, 152 meters without the Spire), 100 meters (21 floors), and 50 meters (11 floors).

The Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) is a complex of two residential tower buildings designed by Boeri Studio and located in the business center of Milan, on the edge of the Isola district.

The Diamond Tower (also called Diamantone) is a skyscraper that stands in the business center of Milan, between Viale della Liberazione and Via Galilei and is currently the headquarters of the Italian companies of the BNP Paribas Group.

Built starting from the initial project (1911) by architect Ulisse Stacchini, the construction site of the Central Station restarted only after the end of the Great War and the consequent seizure of power in Italy by Mussolini and the fascist party. The Central Station of Milan was thus inaugurated on the first of July 1931. During the years of the Second World War, specifically between December 1943 and January 1945, as many as twenty trains departed from the now sadly well-known Track 21, destined to arrive in the concentration camps scattered across Europe.

The Rasini Tower (Emilio Lancia, Gio Ponti) is a historic building in Milan, used as luxury apartments, built in twentieth century style. Located on the corner between Corso Venezia and the Porta Venezia, the complex is made up of two parts, the Tower and the Palace, which constitute a single building project.

The Palazzo Buonarroti-Carpaccio-Giotto is well recognizable for the strong architectural characterization deriving from the large passage arch created by Piero Portaluppi.

Palazzo Serbelloni, a splendid example of a neoclassical palace, takes its name from the Serbelloni family. Majestic and imposing palace was built in the second half of the 18th century by Simone Cantoni.

It is 157 meters long and 92 meters wide. It can accommodate up to 40,000 people. The Milan Cathedral is one of the largest Catholic churches in the world. The site where the Cathedral currently stands was previously occupied by the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio. In 838, the Basilica of Santa Tecla was founded next to the first church, but in 1075 a fire devastated both buildings and a few centuries later, the Cathedral was built on the same site. The construction of the Milan Cathedral began in 1386 and coincided with the rise to power of Gian Galeazzo Visconti. The purpose of this imposing construction was to modernize the area and celebrate the expansion of the Visconti territory. The Cathedral took five centuries to complete... and "it is not yet finished".

Palazzo Litta, also known as Palazzo Arese Borromeo Visconti Litta, is a historic building located in Corso Magenta in Milan. Considered one of the most important examples of Milanese Baroque architecture, it is currently the seat of the Regional Secretariat of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism for Lombardy, the Regional Museum Centre of Lombardy and the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Metropolitan City of Milan.