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Milan

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About Milan

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. The city's wider metropolitan area is the largest in Italy, and the fourth-largest in the European Union, with an estimated population of 6.55 million. Milan is considered Italy's economic capital, and its metropolitan area accounts for about 20% of the country's GDP.

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After the people of Milan humiliated his wife, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick forced them as punishment to remove a fig from a mule's genitals with their teeth and put it back.

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More facts about Milan

  1. Milan was known for holding the skulls of the three wise men, until Frederick removed them after beating the city down.

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