An underground tunnel network long rumored thanks to drawings by Leonardo da Vinci under Milan’s Sforza Castle are proven to ...

Nneya Richards The former fortress and residence of Milan's most powerful rulers is now a campus for some of the city's best cultural institutions. It’s also one of Europe’s largest castles.

passing the first of the many churches I will see – San Gioachimo – and the Diamond Tower, Italy’s tallest steel building, which marks the southern corner of Milan’s central business district.

In 1460, Francesco Sforza, the duke of Milan ... northern Italy and over the next few years, oversaw its reconstruction into a vast, stately home. By the turn of the century, Sforza Castle ...

In 1948, after the castle ... crop up in Milan after World War II, as part of Italy’s wider push to update its cities, many locals were resistant to the idea of the modern towers interrupting ...

Italy is a European country ... city when I stumbled upon a red brick castle that looked massive. And since I wasn't expecting to find it in urban Milan, happening upon it by chance made for ...