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Football is an extremely popular sport in Italy, and the capital of fashion could not be an exception. Milan could be also considered as the capital of football, since its representative teams are two of the most successful clubs in the history of football.

One team is A.C Milan, founded in 1899 and is the most successful club in Italy in terms of European cups, since it has won the ultimate title in Europe and probably in the world, the European Cup or UEFA Champions League 7 times. But what’s more impressive is the fact that it has won 18 titles internationally, along with an Argentinean team, Boca Juniors.

Many famous players have for A.C.  Milan, like Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi, whose numbers 3 and 6 respectively were retired along with their owners. We should also mention Dejan Savisevic and two of the greatest strikers of all times the Dutch Marco Van Basten and the Italian scorer Paolo Rossi. A.C Milan still remains the wealthiest club in Italian but also world football. An interesting trivia for the club is that it belongs to the current Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, and it belonged even before he becomes the Prime Minister, a fact that always brings suspicions and rumors on how honestly A.C Find Car Rental Milan has won all these titles…

On the other hand, Internazionale F.C. or simply Inter, is the most successful team domestically, since it has won the national league called calcio 18 times, comparing to its sworn rival A.C Milan. Who has won one less. Inter has won two European cups back at the 60’s when also their notable coach Helenio Herrera has established a style of play called Catenaccio, winning  two European cups in a row.Notable players that played for Inter are Roberto Baggio, Ronaldo Pepe Bergomi,Roberto Carlos,Dennis Bergkhamp and Enzo Bearzot.

Even though the two teams are sworn enemies, they share the same ’’ home’’, as they both play in the same stadium, which is called San Siro or Giuseppe Meazza, it seems like the two enemies had something in common as Giuseppe Meazza was a great football player who played for both teams. Meazza did managed to accomplish to reduce the hatred between the fans of the teams (as in every city with two teams exists) because they agreed to his name as the name for their common stadium.Property Investment Life Insurance Quotes SIPP Property Sell House Fast Business Loan Protection

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Milan is an Italian city in the region of Lombardy. Milan was founded with the name Medhlan and was known for the Edict of Toleration signed in 313 AD which was giving to all citizens of the Roman Empire the freedom to follow whatever religion they wanted without discrimination and hunting, things that was happening  till this Edict.

The city of Best Car Rental Milan was once destroyed by the bombings in World War II. But once again it was rebuilt to be today a capital of lifestyle, fashion and design, business and finance, football and style in general.

Climate

Milan‘s climate is subtropical with humid summers and cool winters, someone would say a typical Northern Italian. It is best to visit in spring as the weather is normal, not too cold like in winter, nor too hot like it is in summers. Of course, Milan has a different beauty each time of the year.

Main Sights

Milan is full of imposing cathedrals, dark but also inviting and intriguing,. The most famous place to see one ,is in the Piazza del Duomo, where you can find the Milano Cathedral and important buildings such as the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and the Royal Palace of Milan. Art lovers but not only, will fall in love with the Teatro alla Scalla, an opera house were important artists and singers perform. Maria Kallas and Luciano Pavarotti have performed there and many others. Close to the opera house is its museum the so called Museo Teatrale alla Scala where documents concerning the Teatro’s history but also artifacts related to it are on display.

Although Milan has not so many green space, in comparison to other organized cities of the same size,  it has many parks and gardens to take a walk ,located in an area covered by Piazzale Oberdan (Porta Venezia), Corso Venezia ,Via Palestro and Via Manin.

Economics

Milan is a metropolitan area and a centre for business and finance, it has the 4^th largest GDPs in Europe. The Italian Stock Exchange is stationed in the city. Development of industries and trading is not a new thing in this city. Since the 12^th century it has begun manufacturing armors, and also silk trading has made its appearance. During the 16^th century, production of luxurious goods came to a rise, followed by the industrial revolution. Lifestyle and goods that represented one’s economic and social status became the trend, and it has never changed since. So today, fashion, clothing and design still remain a trend in Milan. That, in addition with the amount of money that flows within the Italian Stock Exchange and with football, fashion shows keep Milan at the highest ranks of the richest cities per capita.

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