The Cathedral of St. Ambrose has been hiding a special parishioner within its walls.

A massive mausoleum towers over the gravestones in a 19th-century Italian "model village."

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

The enigmatic sculpture hides above an escalator in a Milan metro station.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.