Although taking pictures at night is always a difficult task, I managed to convey the city’s fascinating urban outline enhanced by the evening lights. In this case, during the autumn months the best times for photography are the late afternoon hours. Let’s begin with Piazza del Duomo…

• The cast iron roof of the Gallery can be accessed through a walkway from where you can enjoy suggestive views after dusk. Gustav Eiffel took inspiration from this structure when designing the Eiffel Tower of Paris, erected twenty years later.
• The Gallery dominates Piazza Duomo
  on the southern side.

Via Torino, on the corner with Piazza Duomo, a bustling shopping street and a crossroads of teen fashion.

A view of the Gallery interior.

The arcades of Piazza Duomo.

• The very elegant Corso Matteotti.
• The crystal fountain of Piazza Liberty,
  with the Apple Store building.

In the evening, Piazza Diaz resembles a flow of shining steel. The square is adjacent to the Cathedral.

A rationalist atmosphere in Piazza San Babila, centrally located at the heart of the city.

Sathurday afternoon shopping. Right: the Terrazza Aperol.

Via Larga dominated by the Velasca Tower with its magical night-time atmosphere.

Pausing for reflection at Sforza Castle.

The Excelsior Gallia Hotel, next to the central station.

Rain and sleet, in Viale Tunisia.

• The Pirelli skyscraper, Lord of the night.
• Tram in Viale Regina Giovanna.

Porta Nuova, one of the fantastic sites in Milan. Even Jupiter is in the sky tonight...

Christmas in City Life and piazza Gae Aulenti.

The Unicredit Tower with its peculiar red spire, Batman on the Velasca Tower and Via Joe Colombo,
give Milan a vague resemblance to Gotham City.

View of the Breda Tower against a stunning backlit sunset.

Strolling around the Liberty buildings of Via Dante and Piazza Cordusio.

The Stock Exchange, in Piazza Affari (Mezzanotte Palace).
Right: the porch of Ca' Granda.

The fountain of Piazza Fontana, beneath the Cathedral spiers.

Parco Sempione: The Branca Tower with multicoloured lighs.

Magic winter on Naviglio Grande.

La Scala Theatre.

Piazza Cavour, Via Turati and the American Embassy (photo in the right) in Piazza Stati Uniti d'America.

Corso Buenos Aires.

City lights.