Milan (ita)

Milan

Milan ranks 21st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Seoul, Copenhagen, and Barcelona. Memorable people born in Milan include Caravaggio, Pope Pius XI, and Pope Paul VI. Memorable people who died in Milan include Giuseppe Verdi, Theodosius I, and Umberto Eco. Milan has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and writers. Milan is located in Italy.

Milan is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.22 million residents. The urban area of Milan is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area is estimated between 4.9 million and 7.4 million, making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU. Milan is the economic capital of Italy, one of the economic capitals of Europe and a global financial centre. Read more on Wikipedia