Viale Bligny

The Viale Bligny is a street in the center Milan, it is the street where the prestigious Bocconi University stands.

View of the Palazzo Roentgen Viale Bligny 1 Milano Grafton design in Milano

Viale Bligny is a commercial street in the centre of Milan. The street is considered a luxury street in Milan, with numerous trendy restaurants.

In Viale Bligny the artist Maurizio Cattelan has a studio where he created many of his most famous works.

Description

Viale Bligny is a street in the center of Milan, home to commerce, culture and entertainment, artists such as Maurizio Cattelan, or TV personalities such as Gerry Scotti and Guido Meda usually frequent the area, as well as a residential area, with wealthy foreign students and professors of Bocconi SDA Masters from all over the world. Viale Bligny is currently known for being the gay friendly district of Milan, especially in the area around Viale Sabotino.

The neighborhood belongs to historic Milanese families and restaurants and clubs are generally expensive.

From Viale Sabotino (Porta Romana) to Via Col di Lana, Viale Bligny is part of the exclusive Bocconi district.

The street is 1000 meters long. It links with Viale Sabotino and Corso Italia.

Streets inside this area include Viale Sarfatti, Viale Sabotino and the Parco Ravizza, the park where Bocconi Campus students go to study and play sports. In the Ravizza Park there is an open-air art gallery.

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  Max Mara fashion show inside the Bocconi University
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  Bocconi University in Viale Bligny
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  Viale Bligny or Via Salasco or via Sabotino
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  Bocconi University Campus

Design palace

• Palazzo Rimini, progettato da Alessandro Rimini e Ernesto Bontadini, Viale Bligny, 44, Milano (1929)
• Palazzo Soncini, complesso di edifici progettato da Eugenio Soncini, Viale Bligny, Milano (1965/66)
• Palazzo Liberty, Viale Bligny 60, Liberty
• Palazzo Roentgen, Via Anelli 1, designed in rationalist style by Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell (2008)

Health and well-being

Viale Bligny is considered part of the healthiest central Milan area of the city, considering factors such as air pollution, but also access to high quality food bars and restaurants, proximity to hospitals and the presence of large parks and green areas.

Transport

• Tram stop (line 9)
• Autobus stop (59, 90, 91, 92)

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  Milan Bocconi University station
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  SDA Bocconi School of Management Masters

Related pages

• Bocconi University