A Temple to Opera music, built at the end of the 1700s over the remains of the Church of Santa Maria della Scala, from which the theater then took its name.
Milan-La Scala Theater
La Scala was originally illuminated with eighty-four oil lamps mounted on the palcoscenico and another thousand in the rest of theater.The original structure was renovated in 1907, when it was given its current layout.
It now hosts a museum with an extraordinary collection of paintings, drafts, statues, costumes, and other documents regarding opera.
Milan-La Scala Theater
Some of the greatest names in opera have made their debuts in this theater: Rossigni, Donizetti, Bellini, Puccini and, in 1839, Giuseppe Verdi who moved to the Grand Hotel in Milan on that date where he continued to live until he died.
Milan-La Scala Theater
In the center of the square there is a monument to Leonardo da Vinci and on the other side there is the wonderful Palazzo Marini.
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