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Milanese companies such as Alfa Romeo and Pirelli provide a large number of relatively low paid jobs and consequently the city has a large number of tenement blocks, locally called ''Ringhieri''. | Milanese companies such as Alfa Romeo and Pirelli provide a large number of relatively low paid jobs and consequently the city has a large number of tenement blocks, locally called ''Ringhieri''. | ||
In contrast to the urban sprawl of tenements and factories Milan also contains anumber of architectural and cultural treasures to rival any in Rome including its famous cathedral, the internationally reknowned La Scala opera house and Leonardo Da Vinci's painting 'the Last Supper'. | In contrast to the urban sprawl of tenements and factories Milan also contains anumber of architectural and cultural treasures to rival any in Rome including its famous cathedral, the internationally reknowned La Scala opera house and Leonardo Da Vinci's painting 'the Last Supper'. | ||
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Abzalone and Quarrie's '[[Pilgrimage of Grace]]' was funded by the local university | Abzalone and Quarrie's '[[Pilgrimage of Grace]]' was funded by the local university | ||
[[Image:milancath.jpg|thumb|300px|Milan Cathedral]] | |||
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Milan, or Milano is the largest city in the Northern Italian province of Lombardy. It is a thriving industrial city of 850,000 people and is one of the cities where Mussolini's Fascists have their strongest power base.
Milanese companies such as Alfa Romeo and Pirelli provide a large number of relatively low paid jobs and consequently the city has a large number of tenement blocks, locally called Ringhieri.
In contrast to the urban sprawl of tenements and factories Milan also contains anumber of architectural and cultural treasures to rival any in Rome including its famous cathedral, the internationally reknowned La Scala opera house and Leonardo Da Vinci's painting 'the Last Supper'.
Milan is home to a faction of The Brothers of the Yellow Sign, members of which include Giuseppe Colombo, Thomas Villers, Roberto Anzalone and Malcolm Quarrie. Colombo's offices are found in the Navigli region of Milan, an industrial area threaded by a network of canals used to transport goods
Abzalone and Quarrie's 'Pilgrimage of Grace' was funded by the local university
