1. My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord – he wants Milan, and so do I. – Charles V [Charles V and Francis I of France took hold of Milan and Lombardy several times in a row between 1515 and 1525]

2. In Paris, choosing a dress is a monumental decision. In Milan, it’s a kick. – Chris Dee

3. Milan […] is beautiful in fog, like a woman with a veil. – Ornella Vanoni

4. Retire me to my Milan, where every third thought shall be my grave. – William Shakespeare

5. Milan. What a beautiful place to die. – John Carradine

6. Milan is a true metropolis: strong and fearless but welcoming, too. Little by little, I came to realize that I could become someone here. – Giorgio Armani

7. In Milan, everything is regulated by money. They say “cappuccio” in bars instead of “cappuccino” to save a syllable. – Enzo Biagi

8. I went daily to the cathedral of Milan, that singular mountain which was torn out of the rocks of Carrara. I saw the church for the first time in the clear moonlight; dazzlingly white stood the upper part of it in the infinitely blue ether. Round about, wherever I looked, from every corner, upon every little tower with which the building was, as it were, overlaid, projected marble figures. Its interior dazzled me more than St. Peter’s Church; the strange gloom, the light which streamed through the painted windows – the wonderful mystical world which revealed itself here – yes, it was a church of God! – Hans Christian Andersen 

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