Province of Milan, Italy: Towns & Things to Do

Milan's province has been cut down twice — the Lodi area broke away in 1995, Brianza in 2009 — and since 2015 it has been run as a metropolitan city. What is left is 133 municipalities packed around the capital of Lombardy, one of the most densely built stretches of Italy, where towns run into each other with barely a gap. It even keeps an exclave, San Colombano al Lambro, stranded between the provinces of Lodi and Pavia.

Nearly everything a visitor comes for is inside the city itself: the Duomo, Leonardo's Last Supper at Santa Maria delle Grazie, the Sforza Castle, the Brera picture gallery and La Scala. Beyond the ring road lies the hinterland: Sesto San Giovanni and Cinisello Balsamo are full-sized towns, Legnano heads the Altomilanese district and Rho the Rhodense. Not postcard territory, but the province as it actually is.

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Towns in the province of Milan

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133 towns

Abbiategrasso 30,994 Albairate 4,621 Arconate 6,524 Arese 19,138 Arluno 11,495 Assago 8,124 Baranzate 10,779 Bareggio 17,035 Basiano 3,639 Basiglio 7,567 Bellinzago Lombardo 3,810 Bernate Ticino 3,071 Besate 2,022 Binasco 7,158 Boffalora sopra Ticino 4,195 Bollate 35,557 Bresso 25,712 Bubbiano 2,215 Buccinasco 26,503 Buscate 4,751 Bussero 8,532 Busto Garolfo 13,479 Calvignasco 1,182 Cambiago 6,508 Canegrate 12,438 Carpiano 3,976 Carugate 14,175 Casarile 3,867 Casorezzo 5,355 Cassano d'Adda 18,552 Cassina de' Pecchi 13,206 Cassinetta di Lugagnano 1,884 Castano Primo 10,990 Cernusco sul Naviglio 30,697 Cerro al Lambro 4,956 Cerro Maggiore 14,735 Cesano Boscone 23,398 Cesate 13,858 Cinisello Balsamo 71,128 Cisliano 4,263 Cologno Monzese 45,786 Colturano 1,952 Corbetta 17,460 Cormano 19,944 Cornaredo 20,121 Corsico 33,669 Cuggiono 8,142 Cusago 3,597 Cusano Milanino 18,905 Dairago 5,862 Dresano 3,023 Gaggiano 8,933 Garbagnate Milanese 26,262 Gessate 8,664 Gorgonzola 19,402 Grezzago 2,842 Gudo Visconti 1,711 Inveruno 8,609 Inzago 10,540 Lacchiarella 8,390 Lainate 25,054 Legnano 57,647 Liscate 4,050 Locate di Triulzi 9,655 Magenta 22,877 Magnago 9,085 Marcallo con Casone 6,032 Masate 3,312 Mediglia 12,080 Melegnano 16,774 Melzo 18,203 Mesero 3,909 Milan Capital 1,242,123 Morimondo 1,183 Motta Visconti 7,601 Nerviano 17,089 Nosate 689 Novate Milanese 19,938 Noviglio 4,237 Opera 13,226 Ossona 4,134 Ozzero 1,467 Paderno Dugnano 46,562 Pantigliate 5,841 Parabiago 26,617 Paullo 11,014 Pero 10,291 Peschiera Borromeo 22,254 Pessano con Bornago 9,064 Pieve Emanuele 14,868 Pioltello 35,066 Pogliano Milanese 8,141 Pozzo d'Adda 5,667 Pozzuolo Martesana 7,983 Pregnana Milanese 6,867 Rescaldina 13,920 Rho 50,052 Robecchetto con Induno 4,869 Robecco sul Naviglio 6,842 Rodano 4,526 Rosate 5,395 Rozzano 39,983 San Colombano al Lambro 7,336 San Donato Milanese 30,992 San Giorgio su Legnano 6,730 San Giuliano Milanese 35,971 San Vittore Olona 8,254 San Zenone al Lambro 4,186 Santo Stefano Ticino 4,801 Sedriano 11,270 Segrate 33,519 Senago 20,914 Sesto San Giovanni 76,514 Settala 7,328 Settimo Milanese 19,148 Solaro 13,890 Trezzano Rosa 4,861 Trezzano sul Naviglio 20,018 Trezzo sull'Adda 11,883 Tribiano 3,312 Truccazzano 5,968 Turbigo 7,389 Vanzaghello 5,344 Vanzago 8,914 Vaprio d'Adda 8,126 Vermezzo con Zelo 5,306 Vernate 3,181 Vignate 9,053 Villa Cortese 6,150 Vimodrone 16,426 Vittuone 8,949 Vizzolo Predabissi 4,045 Zibido San Giacomo 6,552

The top 20 places in Milan

Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →

Ornate Gothic spires and detailed marble facade of the Duomo di Milano against a blue sky.

1 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Duomo di Milano 📍 Milan Six centuries of scaffolding, pink Candoglia marble and a Madonnina used as a weather report.

Decorative frescoes and windows along the wall of the Cenacolo Vinciano in Milan

2 🖼️ Museums Cenacolo Vinciano (Ultima Cena) 📍 Milan Fifteen minutes in front of the wall Leonardo painted between 1494 and 1498.

3 🖼️ Museums teatro alla Scala 📍 Milan Milan's opera house, designed by Piermarini and opened in 1778 with an opera Salieri composed for the occasion.

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🍝 At the table: Lombardy

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First course De.Co.

Risotto alla Milanese rice, saffron, beef marrow and butter, creamy and soft

Rice, saffron, beef marrow and butter: Milan's golden dish, tied by legend to a glassmaker of the Duomo in 1574.

Dessert PAT

Sbrisolona crumbly almond and cornmeal cake, broken by hand

White and yellow flour, almonds, butter and sugar, broken by hand: sbrisolona is Mantova's cake, already served at the Gonzaga court.

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🛶 Lakes 6 🏛️ UNESCO heritage 4 🏘️ Villages 3 🏔️ Mountains 3 🍷 Food & wine 2 ♨️ Spa towns 2

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Upcoming events in Milan

Patron saint festival In 4 days 📍 Inveruno

Saint Teresa of Ávila, patron of the third Sunday of October

📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of October

Inveruno celebrates Saint Teresa of Ávila on the third Sunday of October; the other patron, Saint Martin, is celebrated on 11 November.

Patron saint festival In 11 days 📍 Castano Primo

Saint Zeno, patron with the Feast of the Crucifix every 25 years

📅 Every year, on the last Sunday of October; the Feast of the Crucifix is held every 25 years

Castano Primo celebrates Saint Zeno on the last Sunday of October. The Feast of the Holy Crucifix, the most deeply felt religious event in the whole area, has been held every 25 years since the mid-19th century and draws thousands of people from the town, nearby villages and the whole province.

Patron saint festival In 21 days 📍 Marcallo con Casone

Saint Charles and Saint Joseph, patrons of Marcallo con Casone

📅 Every year, on 4 November

Marcallo con Casone celebrates Saint Charles and Saint Joseph on 4 November; the other patrons, Saints Nazarius and Celsus, are celebrated on 28 July.

Patron saint festival In 22 days 📍 Legnano

Saint Magnus, patron of the town that halted Barbarossa

📅 Every year, on 5 November

Legnano celebrates Saint Magnus on 5 November in the basilica dedicated to him; it was here, on 29 May 1176, that the Lombard League defeated Frederick Barbarossa's army in the battle that ended his last campaign into Italy, still commemorated today by the Palio of the town's eight districts.

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