Milan is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome. It’s continuously built-up urban in the European Union. The wider Milan metropolitan area, known as Greater Milan, is a polycentric metropolitan region. Milan is considered a leading alpha global city with strengths in the field of the art, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, services, research and tourism. Milan is considered part of the Blue Banana and one of the "Four Motors for Europe”. The city has been recognized as the world’s fashion capital and the world's design capital thanks to several international events and fairs. The city is served by a large number of luxury hotels and is the fifth-most starred in the world by Michelin Guide. The city is home to two of Europe's most successful football teams, A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale, and one of Italy's main basketball teams, Olimpia Milano.
Milan is home to some of Italy's most prominent educational institutions. Milan's higher education system includes 7 universities, 48 faculties and 142 departments, with 185,000 university students in 2011 approximately 11 percent of the national total and the largest number of university graduates and postgraduate students 34,000 and more than 5,000, respectively in Italy.
Milan offers a major assortment of structures, landmarks and historical centres. The most imperative church is the Cathedral which is the third biggest church on the planet. It is general made of marble, with colossal statues, curves, columns, apexes. From the rooftop you can encounter a delightful display of the city. Santa Clause Maria delle Grazie was worked somewhere around 1466 and 1490 and changed by Bramante. In the Refectory there is a standout amongst the most well-known works of art of Leonardo da Vinci: the “Last Supper”. Milan has numerous noteworthy palazzos like the Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace) which is arranged in the south side of Piazza Duomo. The Sforza Castle is one of the images of Milan together with the Madonnina and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. Each one of those sights together are only few explanations behind a visit. See craftsmanship and culture area.
Milan is moderately mellow however foggy, with temperatures going from zero to 8 degrees Celsius. Summer can be extremely sticky with brief electrical storms; temperatures extend from 14 to 29 degrees. From March through April temperatures go from 6 to 18 degrees. From October through November they extend from 6 to 17 degrees.