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Milan


(mi-LAHN, mi-LAN) Capital of the Lombardy region in northern Italy; since the Middle Ages, an international commercial, financial, and industrial center.	1
‡ Milan is a center for fashion and design.	2
‡ Its landmarks include the opera house La Scala and the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, which houses a famous fresco by Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper.	3

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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