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Seeing a city through somebody else's eyes may be the freshest and most fascinating way to visit it.  Italian filmmakers have flocked to Milan, thus producing two masterpieces of World Cinema as well as innumerable genre films (its police thrillers called "polizieschi" and its killer-thrillers known as "gialli̶ which flourished between 1965 and 1985.

Here listed is the celluloid Milano, the city of extremes --- the wealth and the squalor, the ...

"We three kings of Orient are"... in Milan?

Traditional churches in the "modern world" don't generate the kind of curiosity and wonder one feels inside the ancient churches of Europe and perhaps especially among the multitude of them in Italy.

SANT'EUSTORGIO, in the piazza of the same name, in the evocative Porta Ticinese quarter of Milan, is actually said to house the remains of the mythic 3 Kings in the "Cappella dei Magi."

The church itself, ...

If you're looking for "labels" and looking for bargains with a "label," Milan is the city for you!
  In what is now probably the Fashion Capital of the World, the street markets of the city can offer you the best in designer fashions for a fraction of the price.  Many professional street sellers buy up extra stock and/or samples from Milan's finest designers and sell them for next-to-nothing prices, ...

Probably the most well-known of all of the Milan "street markets" is the flea market-styled Fiera di Senigallia.  Located in Milan's picturesque canal zone ("the Naviglio"), this is a great place to wander and browse --- and save money if you've somehow survived Milan's hot, high-priced fashion boutiques. 

WHEN: Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to late afternoon

WHERE: Off Via Valenza and Alzaia Naviglio Grande

HOW-TO-GET-THERE:  Take the subway/underground Green Line to P.ta. Genova.  Upon exiting turn ...