Perth, Western Australia (PRWEB) November 08, 2011
Milan is a city well known around the world for various reasons. The city is a famous Italian, famous European and famous world city. The city of Milan, also known as Milano is the ancient Mediolanum city of northern Italy. Milan is so important that it is the capital of Milano Province and that of the Lombardy Region of Italy.
In terms of culture, Milan is as romantic as Italy itself and many Milanese strongly believe that their city should be the Italian capital because of its inebriating charm. Ancient Mediolanum is traced to a group of Celtics who are thought to have founded the City since time immemorial. Later in its history, Milan became the residence of many western emperors in the 4th century AD, 600 years after its capture by the Romans in 222 BC. During the Middle Ages, Milan fell under the governance of a number of archbishops and also fell under many foreign invaders who attacked because they were themselves captured by the allure of Milan and they could not resist invading it. Indeed, the great Napoleon Bonaparte also made Milan the capital of his Cisalpine Republic after he ousted the Austrians in 1796. In the year 1805, Milan became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy under the great Napoleon Bonaparte who was crowned in the city.