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MilanisthesecondlargestcityofItaly,locatedintheplainsofLombardy.ItisthecapitalintheProvinceofMilan,aswellastheregionalcapitalofLombardy.Thecityproperhasapopulationofabout1.3million,whilethepopulationoftheurbanareaisestimatedbyEurostattobe3.08million.TheMilanmetropolitanarea,byfarthelargestinItaly,isestimatedbyOECDtohaveapopulationof7.4million.

Milanisrenownedasoneoftheworldcapitalsofdesignandfashion.TheEnglishwordmillinery,referringtowomen'shats,isderivedfromthenameofthecity.TheLombardmetropolisisfamousforitsfashionhousesandshopsandtheGalleriaVittorioEmanueleinthePiazzaDuomo.ThecityhostedtheWorldExpositionin1906andwillhosttheUniversalExpoin2015.InhabitantsofMilanarereferredtoasMilanese

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Thecityhosted,amongotherevents,theFIFAWorldCupin1934and1990,theUEFAEuropeanFootballChampionshipin1980.

FootballisthemostpopularsportinItaly,andMilanishometotwoworld-famousfootballteams:A.C.MilanandF.C.InternazionaleMilano.TheformerisnormallyreferredtoasMìlan(noticethestressonthefirstsyllable,unliketheEnglishandMilanesenameofthecity),thelatterasInter.AmatchbetweenthesetwoteamsisknownastheMilanderbyortheDerbydellaMadonnina(inhonorofoneofthemainsightsofthecity,astatueoftheVirginMaryMadonninaontopoftheDuomodiMilano).

SanSiroStadium,oneofEurope'slargest.MilanistheonlycityinEuropewhoseteamshavewonboththeEuropeanCup(nowUEFAChampionsLeague)andtheIntercontinentalCup(nowFIFAClubWorldCup).BothteamsplayattheUEFA5-starrated,85,700-seatedGiuseppeMeazzaStadium,morecommonlyknownastheSanSiro.TheSanSiroisoneofthebiggeststadiumsintheSerieA.InteristheonlyteamtospenditsentirehistoryintheSerieAwhileMilanhasspentmostoftheirhistoryintop-flight.

ManyfamousItalianfootballplayerswereborninMilan,inthesurroundingmetropolitanarea,orinLombardy.SomefamousMilan-bornplayersinclude:ValentinoMazzola,PaoloMaldini,GiuseppeMeazza,GiacintoFacchetti,LuigiRiva,GaetanoScirea,GiuseppeBergomi,WalterZenga,AntonioCabrini,RobertoDonadoni,GianlucaVialli,SilvioPiola,GabrieleOriali,GiovanniTrapattoniandFrancoBaresiaswellasmanyothers.