Milan Malpensa Airport is the largest international airport in northern Italy, serving Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria, as well as the Swiss Canton of Ticino. The airport is 49 kilometres (30 mi) northwest of Milan, next to the Ticino river dividing Lombardy and Piedmont. The airport was opened in 1909 by Giovanni Agusta and Gianni Caproni to test their aircraft prototypes, before switching to civil operation in 1948.
Control tower with the Italian Alps visible in the background
An easyJet Airbus A319-100 landing at Malpensa with the Alps visible in the background.
Milano Centrale is the main railway station of the city of Milan, Italy, and is the second railway station in Italy for passenger flow and the largest railway station in Europe by volume.
Main entrance portico on Piazza Duca d'Aosta, 2022
Swastika in the floor of the Royal Hall of the Milan Central Station
The Royal Hall designed in 1931 by the architect Ulisse Stacchini
The first Milano Centrale railway station from Giornale dell'Ingegnere e Architetto, January 1865, vol. 13, Annex