Corso Buenos Aires: the main shopping street

Corso Buenos Aires: the main shopping street
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Corso Buenos Aires: the main shopping street
Corso Buenos Aires is a major street in north-eastern Milan, Italy. With over 350 shops and outlets,
it qualifies as the most important shopping street of the city; it also features the highest
concentration of clothing stores in Europe.[1] The architecture of the area is mostly late-19th and
20th Century style; the street and its surroundings are pointed with several neo-classical and art
nouveau buildings.
The modern Corso Buenos Aires developed from the "stradone di Loreto", an old road connecting
the centre of Milan to Monza. In the 19th Century, the road used to be called "Corso Loreto"; one of
its prominent features was the Lazaretto, which is also mentioned in Alessandro Manzoni's novel The
Betrothed; it was demolished in the late 19th Century. Approximately in the same period, the
horsecars that served this route were replaced by trams. In the mid-1950s the trams themselves
were abolished and the railway dismantled, being replaced by the modern subway line.
Corso Buenos Aires used to be known for the numerous small shops selling traditional milanese
products; however, these have been mostly replaced by modern fashion outlets. Likewise, some of
the ancient buildings were replaced by modern, high-rise blocks of flats.
Corso Buenos Aires is located in the north-eastern part of Milan, corresponding to the Zone 2
administrative division. It is about 1.2 km long, going roughly south-west to north-east, along the
ideal line connecting Milan's centre at the Duomo to the nearby city of Monza. The street itself starts
at Piazzale Oberdan, in the Porta Venezia neighbourhood, and ends in Piazzale Loreto. Going towards
the city centre, the prosecution of Corso Buenos Aires is Corso Venezia, that reaches the very centre
at Piazza San Babila, in the immediate surroundings of the Duomo. From the opposite end in Piazzale
Loreto, three distinct streets depart, the main of which is Viale Monza, connecting Milan to Monza.
The Milan Metro subway (Line 1) has three stops along Buenos Aires (in Porta Venezia, Piazza Lima,
and Piazzale Loreto).
Due to the large number of shops, stores, and outlets, Corso Buenos Aires is one of the
busiest streets of Milan; even more so during the Christmas holidays, when it sells most of the
city's decorations.[2] Unlike Via Montenapoleone and the surroundings of Piazza Duomo, that are
specialized in high fashion and haute couture products, Corso Buenos Aires is generally more
oriented towards mass products such as ready-to-wear type clothes.
The Hotel Florence is a stone's throw from Corso Buenos Aires, in a strategic position in a
quiet area. Contact us to have more info!
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