Milan
People who shaped the city
Residents, visitors and the occasional passing genius — each with the addresses where their story is still standing.
Visual art
Gianni Versace
Founder of the international luxury-fashion house Versace and one of the first designers to link fashion with the music world.
- Versace Palace on Via Gesù
Giorgio Armani
- Armani Teatro
- Armani/Silos
- Rinascente Milano Piazza Duomo
Leonardo da Vinci
- Cassina de’ Pomm and the So-Called Leonardo Bridge
- Chiaravalle Abbey Clock Tower
- Conca dell’Incoronata and Ponte delle Gabelle
Amalia Del Ponte
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
- The Former Fiorucci Store in Galleria Passarella
Arturo Ferrari
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
- Piazza Armando Diaz and the Lost Bottonuto
Bernardino Luini
- Santa Maria della Pace
Biki
- Former Biki Atelier
Caravaggio
- Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
Carla Sozzani
- 10 Corso Como
Domenico Dolce
- Dolce & Gabbana Metropol
Elio Fiorucci
- The Former Fiorucci Store in Galleria Passarella
Emilio Vedova
- Former Bottega di Corrente
Enrico Castellani
- Former Azimut Gallery
Ernesto Treccani
- Fondazione Corrente and the House of Swallows
- Former Bottega di Corrente
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Fausto Melotti
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
Flavio Lucchini
- Superstudio Più
Francesco Messina
- Francesco Messina Studio Museum
Franco Russoli
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
- Palazzo Citterio
Gisella Borioli
- Superstudio Più
Giuseppe Grandi
- Piazza Cinque Giornate and the Lost Porta Tosa
Hidetoshi Nagasawa
- Casa degli Artisti
Luciano Fabro
- Casa degli Artisti
Lucio Fontana
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
- Lucio Fontana’s Former Studio at Palazzo Cicogna
- Viale Bligny
Marco d’Oggiono
- Santa Maria della Pace
Mario Prada
- Prada Galleria 1913 Store
Maurizio Cattelan
- TOILETPAPER Street
Nina Akamu
- Leonardo’s Horse
Nina Yashar
- Nilufar Depot
Piero Manzoni
- Former Azimut Gallery
- Piero Manzoni’s Former Studio
Pierpaolo Ferrari
- TOILETPAPER Street
Remo Brioschi
- Monument to the Little Martyrs of Gorla
Rossana Orlandi
- Galleria Rossana Orlandi
Stefano Gabbana
- Dolce & Gabbana Metropol
Ugo Mulas
- Bar Jamaica
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
Vincenzo Foppa
- Portinari Chapel
Architecture
Antonio Sant'Elia
Bold architectural sketches and his influence on modern and Futurist architecture.
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
Achille Castiglioni
- Achille Castiglioni Foundation Studio Museum
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
- Palazzo Castiglioni
Alfredo Campanini
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
- Casa Campanini
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Andrea Pizzala
- Grand Hotel et de Milan
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
- Palazzo del Toro and the Lost Galleria De Cristoforis
Cesare Nava
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
- Santa Maria delle Grazie al Naviglio
Doriana Fuksas
- Fiera Milano Rho
Ettore Fagiuoli
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
Ettore Sottsass
- Ettore and Barbara Sottsass Foundation
- Former Arc ’74 Showroom
Filarete
- Remains of the Milan Lazzaretto
- Sforza Castle
Gae Aulenti
- Gae Aulenti House-Studio and Archive
- Milano Cadorna railway station
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Giancarlo Perotta
- Garibaldi Towers
Gio Ponti
- ADI Design Museum
- Gio Ponti House on Via Dezza
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Giovanni Muzio
- Grand Hotel et de Milan
- Palazzo dell’Informazione
- Triennale Milano
Giuseppe Folli
- Parco Trotter
Giuseppe Sommaruga
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
- Palazzo Castiglioni
James Stirling
- Palazzo Citterio
Laura Lazzari
- Garibaldi Towers
- Milano Lancetti railway station
Luigi Canonica
- Arena Civica
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
- Giardino Perego
Massimiliano Fuksas
- Fiera Milano Rho
Michele De Lucchi
- Former Arc ’74 Showroom
Piero Portaluppi
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
- Palazzo Castani
Rem Koolhaas
- Fondazione Prada Milan
Tadao Ando
- Armani Teatro
Vico Magistretti
- Vico Magistretti Studio Museum
Literature
Petrarch
- Cascina Linterno
Alda Merini
- Alda Merini’s Navigli House
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
- Vicolo dei Lavandai
Alessandro Manzoni
- Casa Manzoni
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Ambrose
- Mediolanum
- Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
Antonio Banfi
- Casa della Cultura
Cesare Beccaria
- Casa Beccaria
- Royal Palace of Milan
Dino Buzzati
- Corriere della Sera Headquarters
Elio Vittorini
- Casa della Cultura
- Elio Vittorini House
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
- Museum of the Risorgimento
Eugenio Montale
- Corriere della Sera Headquarters
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Lalla Romano
- Lalla Romano House
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Riccardo Bacchelli
- Former Bagutta Restaurant
Ruđer Josip Bošković
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Salvatore Quasimodo
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Umberto Eco
- Pinacoteca di Brera
Vittorio Sereni
- Fondazione Corrente and the House of Swallows
Politics
Benito Mussolini
- Palazzo Castani
- Palazzo Diotti
Antonio Di Pietro
- Teatro Litta
Bianca Maria Visconti
- Milan Cathedral
- Santa Maria Incoronata
Clara Maffei
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
- Palazzo Olivazzi and Clara Maffei’s Salon
Didius Julianus
- Mediolanum
Francesco Sforza
- Santa Maria Incoronata
Gallienus
- Mediolanum
Gian Galeazzo Visconti
- San Cristoforo sul Naviglio
Giovanni Schiaparelli
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Luigi Dal Verme
- Palazzo Dal Verme
Pietro Nenni
- Circolo De Amicis
Pigello Portinari
- Portinari Chapel
- Villa Mirabello
Primo Moroni
- Cox 18 and Calusca City Lights
Silvio Berlusconi
- San Siro Stadium
Music
Freddie Mercury
- Parco dei Capitani and the Lost San Siro Palasport
Giacomo Puccini
- Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Milan
- Puccini’s House on Via Solferino
- Puccini's Later Milan Home in Palazzo Talenti
Giuseppe Verdi
- Casa Verdi
- Giuseppe Verdi Monument
- Grand Hotel et de Milan
Maria Callas
- Maria Callas's Milan Home Plaque
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Church of Sant'Antonio Abate
- Palazzo Clerici
- Santa Maria del Carmine
Arturo Toscanini
- Casa Toscanini
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Chet Baker
- Former Capolinea Jazz Club
Claudio Abbado
- La Scala
Francesco Tamagno
- Grand Hotel et de Milan
Giovanni Ricordi
- Teatro Gerolamo
Giulio Ricordi
- Giulio Ricordi Monument
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Giuseppina Strepponi
- Casa Verdi
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Hariclea Darclée
- Hariclea Darclée Memorial House
Pietro Mascagni
- Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Milan
Toto Cutugno
- La Scala
Vladimir Horowitz
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
other
Peter of Verona
- Portinari Chapel
Alberto Ascari
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Giuseppe Meazza
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
- San Siro Stadium
Paolo Maldini
- San Siro Stadium
Acting
Adriano Celentano
- La Scala
Dario Fo
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
- Monumental Cemetery of Milan
Federica Fracassi
- Teatro i
Giorgio Strehler
- Piccolo Teatro Grassi
- Piccolo Teatro Strehler
- Teatro Studio Melato
Paolo Grassi
- Piccolo Teatro Grassi
Renzo Martinelli
- Teatro i
Film
Wes Anderson
- Fondazione Prada Milan
Luchino Visconti
- ARCI Bellezza and the Visconti Boxing Gym
- La Scala
- Palazzo Visconti di Modrone
Maurizio Nichetti
- Ponte degli Artisti
Science
Ambrogio Grifo
- Casa dei Grifi
Bonaventura Cavalieri
- Brera Academy of Fine Arts
Sport
Follow the story on foot
These addresses are scattered across the city. Our routes and quests put them in an order that works.