Milan[a] is the regional capital of lombardy, in northern italy, and the second-most populous city in italy after rome, with a population of 1. 36 million in 2025. The metropolitan city of milan is the largest city … Milan sits right at the heart of italy's fashion, design, and architecture scenesâ€so much so, in fact, that creatives from all over the world come every year for events like salone del mobile (the milan …