Milan - Fashion & Football, My Europe Memories 4.2 米兰 － 时尚和足球／欧洲记忆之四

To many people, the keywords of Milan are fashion and football. Let me share what I saw about the two keywords today.

说起米兰，人们脑海里最先浮现的肯定是时尚和足球。今天我就来讲讲在这座城市的见闻。

Milan Cathedral / 米兰大教堂

It's related neither to fashion nor to football. But the Milan Cathedral is the most outstanding landmark of the city. I’d say Milan Cathedral is the most beautiful cathedral I’ve ever seen.

Milan Cathedral is the third largest church in the world. It took nearly six centuries to complete. The long construction cycle made the style of the cathedral a mix of Gothic, Neo-classic and new Gothic.

It is very unique in terms of architecture style. The towers are Gothic style and the bottom are baroque style with sophisticated exterior decorations.

开篇讲的米兰大教堂跟时尚或足球都没有关系。但它是米兰最重要的地标。我觉得米兰大教堂是我见过最美的教堂。第一眼看到就很惊艳，白色的教堂在阳光下似乎在发光。

米兰大教堂是意大利最大的教堂，世界第三大教堂。这座教堂的建造历经了六个世纪。漫长的时间跨度使得教堂杂糅了哥特式、新古典式和新哥特式等风格，形成了十分独特的建筑风格——米兰大教堂的尖塔是典型的哥特式风格，然而教堂下半部分繁复精美的外部装饰却是巴洛克风格。

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II ／埃曼努埃尔二世长廊

The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is just next to the cathedral. It is the world's oldest active shopping mall.

For fashion shopping, you cannot miss the Via Montenapoleone fashion district, which is just steps away from the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. We did window shopping there LOL

We were young and not so much into fashion then. The first impression we had about fashion in Milan was that many people drive motorcycles in very nice suits, which may not happen in other countries.

埃曼努埃尔二世长廊就在大教堂的旁边，是世界上现存最古老的商场。

如果你打算在米兰剁手，那一定不能错过埃曼努埃尔二世长廊附近的时尚四边形（Via Montenapoleone fashion district）。我们那时候还比较年轻，并没有（钱）追求时尚，只是去那里看了下橱窗而已。

我们对米兰时尚的第一印象其实是——好多骑摩托车的上班族都穿着非常讲究的西服。这在其他国家可不多见。

San Siro Stadium ／ 圣西罗球场

If you are a football fan, you have to go to the San Siro Stadium.

The guided tours are open year round. You can visit the dugouts of the two famous clubs AC Milan and Inter Milan, walk to the field from the dugouts like the players do, visit the museum for the history of the stadium. And you can buy as many souvenirs as you like.

其实对我的朋友们来说，时尚四边形看不看都无所谓，但一定要去圣西罗球场朝圣。如果你也是球迷，一定很理解他们的心情吧。

圣西罗球场一年四季都有向导带你逛球场。你可以去AC米兰和国际米兰的球员休息室，走球员通道去球场，参观球场的博物馆了解历史，更可以放开购买纪念品。

From the outside 球场外观

The dugouts 休息室

Walk to the football field 走向球场

The football field. Staffs were maintaining the turf. 球场，正好碰上工作人员维护草坪。

Thank you for reading!
感谢阅读！