Porta Garibaldi & Isola

Home to César Pelli’s spiralling skyscraper, Herzog & de Meuron’s contemporary 'greenhouse' and Stefano Boeri’s high-rise apartment blocks festooned with hanging gardens, the shiny new area between Porta Garibaldi and Porta Nuova is Milan’s mini-Manhattan. It even has its own sprawling public park: the Biblioteca degli Alberi (Library of Trees). Meanwhile, swanky Corso Como seamlessly links Corso Garibaldi with the hip, multicultural neighbourhood of Isola, making this a hotspot for bars, restaurants and independent shops.

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    Cimitero Monumentale

    Porta Garibaldi & Isola

    Behind striking Renaissance-revival black-and-white walls, Milan’s wealthy have kept their dynastic ambitions alive long after death with grand sculptural…

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    Piazza Gae Aulenti

    Porta Garibaldi & Isola

    Join locals sightseeing at this landmark square named after Italy's most famous female architect. The linchpin of Milan’s Porta Nuova regeneration project…

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    Bosco Verticale

    Porta Garibaldi & Isola

    Stefano Boeri’s ‘Vertical Forest’ consists of two high-rise apartment blocks whose many reinforced balconies overflow with around 700 trees and 20,000…

  • Close-up of the Fondazione Feltrinelli building

    Fondazione Feltrinelli

    Porta Garibaldi & Isola

    Herzog & de Meuron’s first public buildings in Italy, these two elongated, slanted structures look reminiscent of greenhouses. The Feltrinelli Foundation,…

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    Biblioteca degli Alberi

    Porta Garibaldi & Isola

    Against a backdrop of shimmering skyscrapers and the Bosco Verticale, this modern urban park bustles with activity. Sprawling lawns, a rich variety of…

  • View of the UniCredit Tower

    UniCredit Tower

    Porta Garibaldi & Isola

    Italy’s tallest skyscraper (231m) is home to its largest bank, Unicredit, which occasionally allows the public to visit its dramatic top-deck viewing…

  • Palazzo Lombardia

    Palazzo Lombardia

    Porta Garibaldi & Isola

    Lombardy’s regional headquarters, this glinting, 161m, glass-and-steel skyscraper was the city’s first audacious step towards the contemporary skyline…

  • Santuario di Santa Maria alla Fontana

    Santuario di Santa Maria alla Fontana

    Porta Garibaldi & Isola

    Originally situated in a bosky wood, this sanctuary once enclosed a pool of healing thaumaturgical water, frequented since ancient times by the old, tired…

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