Gran Duca Di York Hotel

The Gran Duca di York is a newly renovated, comfy and romantic hotel in a building dating back to the 18th century. The lobby floor keeps again the original architecture of the building with the two rebuilt columns, the ceiling ...more

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An elegant small hotel, in the heart of Milan.The pleasant and refined atmosphere that only art and design can give you. A comfortable place at a few steps from the Teatro alla Scala, within the fashion and business streets ...more

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Milan is all about design and high fashion. The range of shops and trendy bars is almost overwhelming. But Milan also has the Duomo cathedral, da Vinci's "Last Supper" and the simple neighborhood restaurants where no long lunch is complete without ossobuco and risotto alla milanese.

Milan was founded by Celtic tribes around 600 B.C. When the Romans conquered the city, it was renamed "Mediolanum" - the land in the middle.

Thanks to Milan's strategic location, in the middle of the fertile Po River valley, it quickly became an important centre for trade in the Roman Empire. Later it also became its western capital.

In 313, Constantine the Great issued the Edict of Milan, declaring Christianity equal to other religions in the Empire. Today Milan is the second largest city in Italy. Almost everything revolves around the fashion industry. Most famous designers and fashion houses seem to be located in the city.

The area around Via Montenapoleone and Via Della Spiga is the heart of the fashion industry, and home to many flagship stores. Centro Storico is where many of the city's famous sights are located, including the Duomo and the La Scala Opera. Navagli, by the canals, is another exciting neighborhood famous for its nightlife and the artsy Brera enclave.

According to the Roman historian Livy, a Celtic village was first founded in this area in the 6th century BC. Conquered by Roman legions in 222 BC, "Mediolanum" (this was the Roman name for Milan) attempted to rebel, becoming an ally of Carthage, Rome's enemy. But the Romans won and, towards the end of the 1st century BC, Milan became a part of the state of the Caesars.

Only a few traces of the Roman period remain in the city. The Columns of San Lorenzo, the ruins in Via Circo and under the Stock Exchange, and those in the Monastero Maggiore are, nevertheless, evidence of the fact that the public buildings were those of a large city. With the subdivision of the Roman Empire, Milan became the capital of its Western part, in 286 AD. It was a very important center for the consolidation of the new Christian religion. Many Milanese churches (e.g. Sant'Ambrogio, Sant'Eustorgio and San Lorenzo) have Early Christian origins.

One of the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was the barbaric invasions from Northern Europe and Asia. Milan was sacked in 539 AD and its role of capital was lost. The capital of the dynamic Roman-Barbaric kingdom of the Longobards (569-774) - from whom Lombardy, the region surrounding Milan takes its name - was instead Pavia.

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