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Milan fun facts
Things you might not know about Milan. Every fact comes from an official or primary source, named alongside it.
Updated October 2026
A painting on the World Heritage List
UNESCO lists the Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci as a World Heritage site (whc.unesco.org). Visits to the refectory last fifteen minutes, for up to forty people at a time (cenacolovinciano.org).
A forest on two towers
The Bosco Verticale, the “vertical forest” by Stefano Boeri Architetti in Porta Nuova, is a pair of residential towers whose balconies are planted with trees and shrubs (stefanoboeriarchitetti.net).
Art in a distillery
The Fondazione Prada fills a distillery of the 1910s transformed by OMA; its white Torre is sixty metres high, and its ceilings rise from 2.7 metres on the first floor to 8 metres on the ninth (fondazioneprada.org).
A metro to the airport
Metro M4, the Blue Line, runs 15 kilometres and 21 stops from Linate Airport to San Cristoforo; ATM says Linate is about twelve minutes from the centre (atm.it).
A cocktail born by mistake
The Negroni Sbagliato, the “mistaken” Negroni made with sparkling wine instead of gin, is the house drink of Bar Basso on the Via Plinio, which is celebrated as its birthplace.
Questions and answers
Is the Last Supper a UNESCO site?
Yes: UNESCO lists the church and convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with the Last Supper.