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Milan is the first metropolitan area in Italy: “Grande Milano” (Big Milan) for its dimensions, economic importance, cultural prestigi and political influence represens the core of Italian economy, and its importance can be compared to the biggest developed areas of Europe.
The area of “Grande Milano” is the most developed Italian territory, it excels in the traditional production sectors, in the industrial one, but in the tertiary sector above all, for the services offered to firms in particular, allowing the development of highly specialised business.
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Milan, city of fashion.
The four-sided of fashion, with the most prestigious and luxurious boutiques and showrooms in the world, is represented by via Montenapoleone, via della Spiga, via Manzoni and via Sant'Andrea.
In this ample intricacy of streets, among ancient buildings with wonderful internal courts, you can find the signs of the main fashion stylists.
Along the most famous street, Via Montenapoleone, there are the showrooms of Valentino, Versace, Gucci, Ferragamo, Etro, Luis Vitton, Prada, Cartier, Fratelli Rossetti, Loro Piana.
In Via della Spiga you can see the ateliers of Ferrè, D&G, Tod's, Bulgari, Sergio Rossi, Bottega Veneta.
Fendi, Chanel, Hermés, Trussardi, Paciotti, Moschino stand on Via Sant'Andrea.
At n. 31,Via Manzoni there is Spazio Armani, a multi-store which clusters the showrooms of Emporio Armani, Armani Casa, Armani Fiori, the Japanese restaurant Nobu and Emporio Armani Cafè.
Armani | Trussardi | Versace
Prada | Coveri | Gucci
Missoni | Dolce e Gabbana |
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Milan center of economy
The Borsa Italiana (Italian stock exchange), with 225 quoted firms, is situated in Milan, in the beautiful Palazzo Mezzanotte at Piazza Affari. Its main activity consists in organising and manage the Italian market through about 130 national and international intermediaries, other than working on the surveillance of the transactions through Consob and Banca d'Italia.
Milan is the seat of 326.000 business activities, of Italaian and foreign banks and of the Italian Stock Exchange; a citizen’s GDP is equivalent to 10% of the national GDP.
Concerning the bank system, Milan is the seat of the main Italian bank groups (198 institutes) and over 40 foreign banks, it is the fourth city in Europe in terms of capitalization.
Borsa Italiana Official Site
Palazzo delle Borse Official Site
PALAZZO MEZZANOTTE
Piazza degli Affari, 6
Tel 02 724261 Fax 02 72004333
Tram 1, 2, 12, 14, 16, 24
Metro Linea Rossa fermata CORDUSIO
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