Milan

What this place is

• Imperial capital — a residence of the western emperors from 286, and Ambrose's city, until Honorius withdrew the court to Ravenna in 402

Who is recorded here

• Satyrus of Milan death · AD 378
• Augustine of Hippo residence · AD 384
• Theodosius I death · AD 395
• Saint Marcellina death · AD 397
• Lothair II of Italy burial · AD 950
• Ambrose ministry

What happened here

• Edict of Milan AD 313
• Ambrose is acclaimed bishop of Milan AD 374
• The garden at Milan AD 386
• Ambrose baptises Augustine at Milan AD 387
• Theodosius does public penance at Milan AD 390

In art

• Borgo di Milano — Umberto Boccioni (1910)
• Old Milan, San Babila — Giannino Grossi (1914)
• Distant view of Milan Cathedral — Mario Bazzi (1946)
• snowfall — Umberto Franzosi (1955)
• Via Magolfo in Milan — Aldo Raimondi (1964)

About the place

Milan is the regional capital of Lombardy, in northern Italy, and the seat of the Metropolitan City of Milan. It is the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with a population of 1,362,863 in 2026.

From Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-08-14 · CC BY-SA 4.0