Milan

Milan has 14 sister cities:. Numerous telecommunications companies operate in Sydney providing terrestrial and mobile telecommunications services.
There are other stadiums and multiuse palaces located in the metropolitan area, the biggest being Monza Brianteo Stadium (18,000 seats), the PalaDesio (10,000) and Geas Stadium (8,500). Three companies supply natural gas and electricity to Sydney, they are Energy Australia, AGL and Integral Energy. Milan and Lombardy are candidates for the Summer Olympic Games of 2016 (Milan-Lombardy 2016). ^[16] Historically low water levels in the catchment have led to water use restrictions and the NSW government is investigating alternative water supply options, including grey water recycling and the construction of a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant at Kurnell.^[17] Sydney Water also collects the wastewater and sewerage produced by the city. Many of the strongest Italian football players were born in Milan, in the surrounding metropolitan area, or in Lombardy: Valentino Mazzola, Renzo De Vecchi, Paolo Maldini, Giuseppe Meazza, Giacinto Facchetti, Gianni Rivera, Paolo Rossi, Luigi Riva, Gaetano Scirea, Giuseppe Bergomi, Walter Zenga, Antonio Cabrini, Roberto Donadoni, Gianluca Vialli, Silvio Piola, Virginio Rosetta, Giampiero Boniperti, Giuseppe Dossena, Gabriele Oriali, Giuseppe Signori, Ugo Locatelli, Giampiero Marini, Aristide Guarneri, Paolino Pulici, Marcello Lippi, Giovanni Trapattoni, Franco e Giuseppe Baresi, Luigi Cevenini, Virgilio e Giuseppe Fossati, Giovanni Ferrari... Water in the Sydney catchment is chiefly stored in dams in the Upper Nepean Scheme, the Blue Mountains, Woronora Dam, Warragamba Dam and the Shoalhaven Scheme.

Both teams play at Giuseppe Meazza - San Siro Stadium (85,700). Water storage and supply for Sydney is managed by the Sydney Catchment Authority, which is an agency of the NSW Government that sells bulk water to Sydney Water and other agencies. Milan is the only city in Europe whose teams have won both the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. RAAF Base Richmond lies to the north-west of the city. Milan and Internazionale. There are light aviation airfields at Hoxton Park and Camden. Football is the most important sport in Italy, and Milan is home to 2 world-famous football teams: A.C. The smaller Bankstown Airport mainly serves private and general aviation.

Prices are based on time elapsed and distance traveled. Kingsford Smith International Airport, located in the suburb of Mascot, is Sydney's main airport, and the oldest continuously operating commercial airport in the world. All taxis are the same color: white. Sydney Ferries, another State government-owned organisation, runs numerous commuter and tourist ferry services on Sydney Harbour and the Parramatta River. Milan has an efficient Taxi service, operated by private companies and licensed by the City of Milan (Comune di Milano). In the outer suburbs, service is divided between many private bus companies. The "Passante ferroviario" is an underground railway serving a couple of "S" lines and is very much like another subway line (and is even marked as such on subway maps), except that it is connected to the FNME and Trenitalia suburban networks. In the city and inner suburbs the state-owned Sydney Buses has a monopoly.

The Regional Railway Service ( "R"), instead, links Milan with the rest of Lombardy and the national railway system. Most parts of the metropolitan area are served by buses, many of which follow the pre-1963 tram routes. The Suburban Railway Service ( "S" Lines, a service similar to the French RER and German S-Bahn), composed of 8 suburban lines and 10 more scheduled for 2008, connects the "Greater Milan" to cities such as Como and Varese. Sydney was formerly served by an extensive tram network, which was progressively closed in the 1950s and 1960s. At the end of the work, the TAV station for Milan to the east will be:. There is also a monorail which runs in a loop around the main shopping district and Darling Harbour. A line from Milan to Venice and then to Trieste is under construction. Sydney has one privately operated light rail line, the Metro Light Rail, running from Central Station to Lilyfield along a former goods train line.

The stations for the TAV (Treni ad Alta Velocità - High Speed Trains) will be:. Public anger resulted in the introduction of a new timetable, the employment of more drivers and a large infrastructure project which is scheduled to be completed by 2010.^[13][14][15]. High speed train lines are under contruction all across Italy, and new lines will open from Milan to Rome and Naples, and from Milan to Torino. In the years following the 2000 Olympics, CityRail's performance declined significantly. Three new stations for passenger service are under construction:. Trains run as suburban commuter rail services in the outer suburbs, then converge in an underground city loop service in the CBD. Milan is one of the most important railway hubs of Italy, and the 5 major stations of Milan are among Italy's busiest:. Sydney trains are run by CityRail, a corporation of the New South Wales State Government.

The local transportation authority (ATM) transported more than 600 million passengers in 2003 . Sydney is also served by extensive train, bus and ferry networks. 93 bus lines cover over 1,070 km between them. The most important trunk routes in the urban area form the Metroad system. Greater Milan also has one of the most extensive tramway systems in the world, with more than 286 km of track, and 20 lines. Most transport in Sydney is by automobiles, and there is an extensive network of freeways and tollways (known as motorways) and roads across Sydney. Lines 4 (linking downtown with Linate Airport) and 6 are in planning stages. There are also a number of private hospitals in the city.

Line 5 is also under construction, to be finished in the first half of 2008. Sydney South West Health, Sydney West Area, Northern Sydney and Central Coast and the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area each manage a number of hospitals and specialist health facilities. Extensions of lines 1, 2 and 3 are under construction, to create more than 15 km of track with 10 new stations. The Government of New South Wales operates numerous public hospitals, management of these hospitals is coordinated by 4 health services. Raffaele Hospital with the Cascina Gobba station (M2). Famous Sydney beaches include Bondi Beach, Manly Beach and Palm Beach. Raffaele", connecting the S. Sydney's beaches are popular recreation and sporting locations with both tourists and locals.

There is also a light metro-service, "Metrò S. The river is used for dinghy sailing and rowing as well as recreational boating, racing small yachts, recreational fishing, and occasional Dragon Boat racing. Milan has 3 subway lines (M1 - red, M2 - green, M3 - yellow) and the system, called Milan Metro - "M", running for more than 80 km. Sydney Harbour is famous for its racing yachts, the Boxing Day start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and 18 foot (5.5 m) skiffs. The main 3 airports of Milano (Malpensa, Linate and Orio) comprise the largest and most important hub in Italy, both for passengers and cargo. The Sydney Swans play most of their home games on the Sydney Cricket Ground. Vergiate, Bresso, and Parma are further airports in the region. Sydney Football Stadium (also known as Aussie Stadium) is home to such clubs as Sydney Roosters, Sydney FC and the NSW Waratahs, and the neighbouring Sydney Cricket Ground has been home to numerous sports for over a century.

A third airport is Orio al Serio (BGY), close to the city of Bergamo. Sydney's most famous sports grounds include Sydney Olympic Park which includes Telstra Stadium, home to such events as the NRL grand final, the rugby league State of Origin series and most recently the football (soccer) World Cup qualifier between Australia and Uruguay. Babila). Sydney hosted the 1938 British Empire Games and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Milan also has the Linate Airport (LIN) within the city limits (for European and domestic traffic), connected with bus line 73 (from S. The New South Wales teams New South Wales Blues - First-class cricket and the New South Wales Waratahs - Super 14 Rugby union team are also based in Sydney. Malpensa was designed by the famous Ettore Sottsass. In addition to the NRL Sydney has teams in most national competitions including the Sydney Swans - AFL, Sydney FC - A-League, Sydney Kings and the West Sydney Razorbacks - National Basketball League, Sydney Blues - Australian Major League Baseball and the Sydney Swifts in Australian Netball's Commonwealth Bank Trophy.

The city has a large international airport known as Malpensa International Airport (MXP), located in the northern suburb of Busto Ariszio and connected to the downtown with the "Malpensa Express" railway service (from Cadorna Station). George-Illawarra Dragons and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. In the church Santa Maria delle Grazie can be found one of the most famous paintings of Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper (it: "Cenacolo"). It is the headquarters of Australian Rugby League and home to 9 of the 15 National Rugby League (NRL) teams, including the Sydney Roosters, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Parramatta Eels, Cronulla Sharks, Wests Tigers, Penrith Panthers, Canterbury Bulldogs, St. The city is also the home of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. Sydney is arguably the major rugby league centre of the world. The Biblioteca Ambrosiana contains drawings and notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci among its vast holdings of books, manuscripts, and drawings, and is one of the main repositories of European culture. For a full list see here.

Milan is one of the most important centres in the world for Opera lirica, with its famous Teatro alla Scala (La Scala, theatre). There are also a number of community stations broadcasting to a particular language group or local area. Cities in the 'World City Network'" (Key Findings, Full Report). Triple J, 2SER and FBi Radio provide a more independent, local and alternative sound. Lang of the Brookings Institution in the economic report "U.S. Popular music stations include Triple M, 2Day FM and Nova 96.9. Taylor and Robert E. Vega is a new talk radio station on the FM band.

Milan was included in a list of ten "Alpha world cities" by Peter J. The talkback radio genre is dominated by the perennial rivals 2GB and 2UE. This new fairground, in the north-western suburb of Pero and Rho (opened in April 2005), is Europe's largest open construction project, making Fiera Milano the largest trade fair complex in the world. The local ABC radio station is 702 ABC Sydney (formerly 2BL). Fiera Milano, the city's Exhibition Center and Trade Fair complex, is one of the most important in the world. Many AM and FM government, commercial and community radio services broadcast in the Sydney area. Milan is the centre of much finance, the seat of the Italian Stock Exchange (la Borsa Valori) and its hinterland is an avant-garde industrial area. Limited digital TV transmissions serve Sydney, including a program guide (Channel 4), ABC news, sport, and weather items (Channel 41), ChannelNSW: Government and Public Information (Channel 45), Australian Christian Channel (Channel 46), MacquarieBank TV (Channel 47), SportsTAB (Channel 48), Expo Home Shopping (Channel 49), and Federal parliamentary broadcasts (audio only).

The city is 85% Italian, 4% from other EU countries, and the remainder include Romanian, Egyptian, Filipino, Sri Lankan, Chinese, and Albanian. Foxtel and Optus both supply pay-TV over their cable services to most parts of the urban area. A small percentage comes from Latin America. Seven have their studios in suburban Epping as well as a new purpose built studio in the CBD, Nine have their headquarters located in Willoughby, Ten have their studios in a redeveloped section of the inner-city suburb of Pyrmont, the ABC has a large headquarters and production facility in Ultimo and SBS have their studios at Artarmon. Many immigrants come from Asian and North African nations. The three commercial television networks (Seven, Nine and Ten), as well as the government networks (ABC and SBS) each have a presence in Sydney. Milan is a very diverse city, being the second largest city in Italy, but it is the most industrial and main financial centre of the country. Both papers have tabloid counterparts published on Sunday, The Sun-Herald and the Sunday Telegraph respectively.

See also: Rulers of Milan. The Herald's competitor, The Daily Telegraph, is a populist News Corporation-owned tabloid. After the war, the city was reconstructed and has again become an important financial and industrial centre of Italy. It is also the oldest extant newspaper in Australia, having been published regularly since 1831. When war in Italy was finally over, April 25, 1945, Milan was heavily damaged and entire neighborhoods such as Precotto and Turro were destroyed. The Sydney Morning Herald is a centrist broadsheet, and is Sydney's newspaper of record with extensive coverage of domestic and international news, culture and business. In fact, Milan was part of Mussolini's Italian Social Republic puppet state, and an important command centre of the German Army stationed in Italy. Sydney has two main daily newspapers.

The city was bombed even after Pietro Badoglio surrendered to the allied forces in 1943. Oceanworld, Sydney Aquarium, and Taronga Zoo are popular, as are the Harbour Bridge, Luna Park, the Sydney Mint and Sydney Tower. As a critical industrial center of Italy, Milan was target of continuous carpet bombing during World War II. Other attractions include the historic Rocks district and Hyde Park Barracks. In 1859 (after the second of the Wars of Italian Independence) Austrian rule was ended by the Kingdom of Sardinia (which transformed into the kingdom of Italy in 1861). There is a significant gay community which hosts the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras along Oxford Street. Milan eventually became one of the main centers of Italian nationalism, claiming independence and the unification of Italy. Sydney is home to several large ethnic communities throughout the greater metropolitan area, with Chinatown as a good example.

After this period, Milan was part of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia under Austrian rule. The biggest are the Australian Museum (natural history and anthropology), the Powerhouse Museum (science, technology and design), the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Australian National Maritime Museum. But the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars saw the city annexed into the French satellite states of the Cisalpine Republic, which later became the Kingdom of Italy. Sydney has five large and many smaller museums. In the 18th century Austria replaced Spain as Milan's overlord, because the Spanish line of Habsburgs died out. Sydney also has been home to many visual artists, from the lush pastoralism of Lloyd Rees's depictions of Sydney Harbour to Jeffrey Smart's portraits of bleak urban alienation. After trying to conquer the rest of northern Italy in the 15th century, Milan was conquered by France, and then later on by Austria (Habsburg), then given in the early 16th century to the Spanish Habsburg line to rule. Kilda to Kings Cross" and "Sydney From A 727", to John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong and songs like "King Street" and "Miracle in Marrickville" to The Mexican Spitfires "Sydney Town" and "Town Hall Steps" among many others.

During the Renaissance Milan was ruled by dukes of the Visconti and Sforza families, who had artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Bramante at their service. Sydney has also been the inspiration for a large number of Australian indie rock and mainstream pop songs, from The Executives' classic 1968 "Summer Hill Road" to Paul Kelly's many songs about Sydney including "From St. During the Plague of 1349 Milan was one of the few places in Europe that was untouched by the epidemic, but it was deeply affected by the plagues of 1402 (50,000 deaths), 1542 (80,000), 1576 (17,000) and 1629 (also known as Great Plague of Milan, 70,000 deaths). Many internationally known Australian rock bands have had their conception in Sydney, which include most notably The Easybeats, AC/DC, Midnight Oil and INXS. In the 11th century, after the Ostrogothic and Lombard periods, the city regained its importance and led other Italian cities in gaining semi-independence from the Holy Roman Empire. Other major arts venues include the Sydney Town Hall, City Recital Hall, the State Theatre and the Wharf Theatre. His feast day is the 7th of Decmeber. Performances are often held in the iconic Sydney Opera House, which contains 5 theatres capable of hosting a wide range of performance styles.

St Ambrose is now the Patron Saint of the city. Sydney boasts a full roster of musical, theatrical and artistic activity through the year, from the formal - including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Theatre Company, the Sydney Dance Company, and the Archibald Prize - to festivals, including the Sydney Festival, a celebration of free performances throughout January. At that time Milan was the second largest city in Europe, with more than 300,000 inhabitants. Selective schools are high schools which admit students on the basis of certain criteria, usually academic testing. In the 4th century CE, at the time of the bishop Saint Ambrose and emperor Theodosius I, the city was briefly the capital of the Western Roman Empire. There are four state administered education areas in Sydney, which coordinate 919 schools. It is presumed Milan was originally founded by the Celts of Northern Italy around 600 BCE and was conquered around 222 BCE by the Romans, who gave it the name of Mediolanum. Public schools, including pre-schools, primary and secondary schools, and special schools are administered by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training.

. Sydney has numerous public, denominational, and independent schools. Inhabitants of Milan are referred to as "Milanesi" and nicknamed "Meneghini". There are four multi-campus government funded Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes in Sydney which provide vocational training at a tertiary level: the Sydney Institute of Technology, North Sydney Institute of TAFE, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE and South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE. Milan is also famous for the Alfa Romeo motorcar and for its silk production. Other universities which operate secondary campuses in Sydney include the University of Notre Dame Australia and the University of Wollongong. Another famed product of the city is the traditional Christmas sweet cake called Panettone. There are five other public universities operating primarily in Sydney: the University of New South Wales, Macquarie University, the University of Technology, Sydney, the University of Western Sydney, and the Australian Catholic University (two of whose five campuses are in Sydney).

Indeed the English word milliner is derived from the name of the city. Sydney is the site of Australia's first University: the University of Sydney was established in Sydney in 1850 and remains one of Australia's most prestigious universities. Milan is one of the world capitals of fashion, like New York City, Paris, London and Rome, and design. Approximately 67% of Sydney residents describe themselves as Christian, the most common denominations being Catholic and Anglican; about 9% of the population practice a non-Christian religion, the most common being Buddhism and Islam and about 12% are not religious.^[6]. The town is famous for fashion firms and shops (via Montenapoleone) and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele on the Piazza Duomo, reputed to be the world's oldest shopping mall. The median age of a Sydney resident is 34, 12% of the population is over 65 years.^[4] 12.3% of Sydney residents have educational attainment equal to at least a bachelor's degree, which is lower than the national average of 19%. The province comprises 188 communes, ranging in population (2001) from Milan Municipality (1,308,311) to Nosate (638); the city of Milan has lost 113,084 inhabitants (8.3 percent), from 1991 to 2001. Most Sydneysiders are native speakers of English; many have a second language, the most common being Chinese languages, Arabic (including Lebanese), Greek.^[6].

Its province lies in the western part of Lombardy; it covers an area of 1,982 km² and has a population of 3,839,818 (2004); in 1991, the population was 3,738,685. The three major sources of immigrants are the United Kingdom, China and New Zealand, significant numbers of immigrants also came from Vietnam, Lebanon, Italy and the Philippines. It comes from the Celtic Mid-lan (meaning "in the middle of the plain") and was known as Mediolanum by the Romans. As of 2003 there were 4,270,986 people living in Sydney, and a population density of 345.7 persons per square kilometer for the metropolitan area.^[11] Inner Sydney is the most densely populated place in Australia with 4023 persons per square kilometer.^[12] In the 2001 census, the most common self-described ancestries identified for Sydney residents were Australian, English and Irish.^[6] The Census also recorded that 1% of Sydney's population identified as being of indigenous origin and 31.2% were born overseas. Milan's name has for many centuries been recorded as Mailand, which is still the German name of the city today. 20th Century Fox has large Sydney studios. The metropolitan area, called the Città Regione (The City Region) claims more than 9.4 million inhabitants (this is an ambitious definition of Milan's metropolitan area, perhaps not very comparable with figures claimed for metros outside Italy). The economy of Sydney is large and diverse, the sectors with the largest percentage of employed persons include property and business services, retail, manufacturing and health and community services.^[9] Since the 1980s there has been a de-industrialisation of the Sydney economy, with jobs moving from manufacturing to the services and information sectors, Sydney is now established as the corporate and financial capital of Australia and is also an important financial centre in the Asia-Pacific.^[10] Sydney is home to the Australian Stock Exchange and the Reserve Bank of Australia, all major Australian banks, and many major Australian corporations, it also serves as the regional headquarters for numerous multinational corporations.

The city proper has about 1,308,311 inhabitants (2004), but the population of the urban area including the hinterland is about 4 million and is called La Grande Milano (Greater Milan, 1,981 square kilometres). As of September 2003, the unemployment rate in Sydney was 5.3%.^[6] As of December 2005, Sydney has the highest median house price of any Australian capital city at $520 000.^[7] According to The Economist Intelligence Unit's Worldwide cost of living survey, Sydney is the sixteenth most expensive city in the world to live in.^[8]. Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed region in Italy. For example, the boundaries of the City of Sydney LGA have been significantly altered by state governments on at least four occasions since 1945, with advantageous effect to the governing party in the New South Wales Parliament at the time.
. For this reason, Sydney has always been a focus for the politics of both State and Federal Parliaments. Toronto, Canada. Because a large proportion of New South Wales' population lives in Sydney, state governments have traditionally been reluctant to allow the development of citywide governmental bodies, which would tend to rival the state government.

Thessaloniki, Greece. These include public transport, main roads, traffic control, policing, education above preschool level, and planning of major infrastructure projects. Tel Aviv, Israel. Most citywide government activities are controlled by the state government. Tianjin, China. The LGAs in Sydney are:. Shanghai, China. These areas all have elected councils and are responsible for a range of functions delegated to them by the New South Wales State Government.

São Paulo, Brazil. Local affairs for the rest of the metropolitan area are run by bodies known as local government areas. Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Lord Mayor, however, is sometimes treated as a representative of the whole city. Osaka, Japan. It is led by the elected Lord Mayor of Sydney and a council. Melbourne, Australia. The City of Sydney includes the central business area and some adjoining inner suburbs, and has in recent years been expanded through amalgamation with adjoining local government areas (LGAs), such as South Sydney.

Lyon, France. Today there is no overall governing body for the Sydney metropolitan area. Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Historically, Sydney was governed by Cumberland County (c.1940-1960). Dakar, Senegal.
. Krakow, Poland. As a result, the proportion of white-collar jobs located in the CBD declined from more than 60% at the end of World War II to less than 30% in 2004.^{[citation needed]} The five most significant outer business districts are Parramatta in the central-west, Blacktown in the west, Liverpool in the southwest, Chatswood to the north, and Hurstville in the south.

Chicago, Illinois, United States. Although the CBD dominated the city's business and cultural life in the early days, other business/cultural districts have developed in a radial pattern since World War II. Boston, Massachusetts, United States. George Street is the Sydney CBDs main north-south thoroughfare. Birmingham, Great Britain, Birmingham's Partner City page. Central Station marks the southern end of the CBD. Bethlehem, Palestine. The west side is bounded by Darling Harbour, a popular tourist precinct.

Radio 24. The CBD is bounded on the east side by a chain of parkland that extends from Hyde Park through the Domain and Royal Botanic Gardens to Farm Cove on the harbour. Radio 105. Densely concentrated skyscrapers and other buildings including historic sandstone buildings such as the Sydney Town Hall and Queen Victoria Building are interspersed by several parks such as Wynyard and Hyde Park. R101. Sydney's central business district (CBD) extends southwards for about 2 kilometres (1.25 mi) from Sydney Cove, the point of the first European settlement. Radio Deejay (National Hdq). The regions are Eastern Suburbs, Hills District, Inner West, Lower North Shore, Northern Beaches, North Shore, Southern Sydney, South-eastern Sydney, South-western Sydney, Sutherland Shire and Western Sydney.

Sky Italia (National Hdq). However it should be noted that there are many suburbs which are not conveniently covered by any of the following informal regional categories. MTV (South-Europe Hdq). In addition, there are a number of regional descriptions which are used informally to conveniently describe large sections of the urban area. RAI (Milan Regional Hdq). The City of Sydney itself covers a fairly small area comprising the central business district and neighbouring inner-city suburbs. Mediaset (National Hdq). The extensive area covered by urban Sydney is formally divided into more than 300 suburbs (for addressing and postal purposes), and formally administered by about 38 separate local government areas (in addition to the extensive responsibilities of the Government of New South Wales and its agencies).

Focus (monthly). The city is subject to infrequent severe hail storms and wind storms. Explora (monthly). Many areas of the city bordering bushland have experienced bushfires, notably in 1994 and 2002 – these tend to occur during the spring and summer. AnnaBella (weekly). Although the city does not suffer from cyclones or significant earthquakes, the El Niño Southern Oscillation plays an important role in determining Sydney's weather patterns: drought and bushfire on the one hand, and storms and flooding on the other, associated with the opposite phases of the oscillation. Marie Claire (weekly). The average annual rainfall, with moderate to low variability, is 1217.0 mm, falling on an average 138.0 days a year.^[4][5].

Oggi (weekly). Rainfall is fairly evenly divided between summer and winter, but is slight higher during the first half of the year, when easterly winds dominate. TV Sorrisi & Canzoni (weekly). The lowest recorded minimum is 2.1 °C. La Settimana Enigmistica (weekly). The coldest month is June, with an average range of 8.0 °C - 16.2 °C. Panorama (weekly). The winter is mild, with temperatures rarely dropping below 5 °C in coastal areas.

Metro (daily). The highest recorded temperature is 45.3 °C on 1939-01-14 at the end of a 4 day nationwide heatwave. La Gazzetta dello Sport (daily, sports only). The warmest month is January, with an average temperature range on the coast of 18.6 °C - 25.8 °C and an average of 14.6 days a year over 30 °C. La Padania (daily). The weather is moderated by proximity to the ocean, and more extreme temperatures are recorded in the inland western suburbs. Milano Finanza (daily). Sydney's climate is temperate, with rainfall spread throughout the year and a warm summer.

Il Sole 24 Ore (daily). The oldest parts of the city are located in the flat areas; the Hornsby Plateau, known as the North Shore, was slower to develop because of its hilly topography, and was mostly a quiet backwater until the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened in 1932, linking it to the rest of the city. Libero (daily). Sydney occupies two geographical regions: the Cumberland Plain, a relatively flat or rolling region lying to the south and west of the harbour, and the Hornsby Plateau, a plateau north of the harbour, up to 200 metres (656 ft) in elevation, dissected by forested valleys. Il Giornale (daily). The metropolitan area (Sydney Statistical Division) is 12,145 km² (4,689 mi²); a significant portion of this area is national park and other unsettled land. Il Giorno (daily). Sydney's urban area of 1,687 km² (651 mi²) is similar to that of Greater London, although it has less than half of that city's population.

Corriere della Sera (daily). The city features the largest natural harbour in the world, Port Jackson, and more than 70 harbour and ocean beaches, including the famous Bondi Beach. Nuovo Giuriati - Rugby - 4,000. Sydney is located in a coastal basin between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Blue Mountains to the west. Agorà - Ice Hockey - 4,000.
. PalaLido - Basket - 5,000. Indeed, Sydney has the second highest immigrant population of any major world city, with 45% of the population being either migrants or children of migrants.^{[citation needed]}.

Velodromo Vigorelli - Cycling, American Football - 12,000. Throughout the 20th century Sydney continued to expand with various new waves of European and (later) Asian immigration, resulting in its highly cosmopolitan atmosphere. MazdaPalace - Basket, Volley - 13,500. With industrialisation Sydney expanded rapidly, and by the early 20th century it had a population well in excess of one million. Forum di Assago - Basket, Ice Hockey, Volley, Music - 13,000 to 16,000. Rapid suburban development began in the last quarter of the 19th century with the advent of steam powered tramways and railways. Ippodromo del Galoppo - Horse Racing - 15,000. The first of several gold rushes started in 1851, and the port of Sydney has since seen many waves of people arriving from around the world.

Ippodromo del Trotter - Horse Racing - 16,000. The 1830s and 1840s were periods of urban development, including the development of the first suburbs, as the town grew rapidly when ships began arriving from Britain and Ireland with immigrants looking to start a new life in a new country. Brianteo - Athletic, Football - 18,568. Roads, bridges, wharves and public buildings were constructed by convicts, and by 1822 the town had banks, markets, well-established thoroughfares and an organised constabulary. Arena Civica - Athletic, Rugby, Football, 30,000. Macquarie's tenure as Governor of New South Wales was a period when Sydney was improved from its basic beginnings. San Siro - only football - 85,700. By 1820 there were only a few hundred Aborigines and Governor Macquarie had begun initiatives to 'civilise, christianise and educate' the Aborigines by removing them from their clans.^[3].

Autodromo Nazionale Monza - car and motorcycle racing - 137,000. In April 1789 a disease, thought to be smallpox decimated the Indigenous population of Sydney; a conservative estimate says that 500 to 1000 Aboriginal people died in the area between Broken and Botany Bay affecting Kuringgai and Darug.^[2] There was violent resistance to British settlement, notably by the warrior Pemulwuy in the area around Botany Bay, and conflicts were common in the area surrounding the Hawkesbury River. Past winners include Tacchini, Kodes, Panatta, Barazzutti, Moreno, Borg, Smid, Lendl, Forget, Curier, Ivanisevic, Kafelnikov, and Coira. He named it after the British Home Secretary, Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney, in recognition of Sydney's role in issuing the charter authorising Phillip to establish a colony. The central court has a capacity of 8000. Phillip founded the colony at Sydney Cove on Port Jackson. It is the most important youth tournament in the world, and is played at the Milan Tennis Club. Under instruction from the British government, a convict settlement was founded by Arthur Phillip in 1788.

Every year, Milan hosts the Bonfiglio Trophy Under 18 Tennis Tournament. European interest in Australia arose with the sighting of Botany Bay by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770. They play at the Agora Stadium (capacity 4,500) during the regular season, and at the Forum during playoffs . Although urbanisation has destroyed most evidence of these settlements (such as shell middens), there are still rock carvings in several locations. The Vipers Milano have won the last 4 national championships, the Alpenliga and several Coppa Italia, and are the leaders of that sport in Italy. Each clan had a territory, the location of that territory determined the resources available. Different ice hockey teams from Milan have won 30 National Championships between them. The principle languages were Darug; the Cadigal, the original inhabitants of the City of Sydney, spoke a coastal dialect of Darug; Dharawal and Guringai.

The Amatory Rugby Club Milano have won 18 National Championships and are the most famous and important Rugby team in Italy. The Sydney region has been occupied by Indigenous Australians for at least 30 000 years, and at the time of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, 4000 - 8000 Aboriginal people lived in the region.^[1] There were three different language groups in the Sydney region, these were further refined into dialects spoken by smaller clans. Olimpia play at the Forum (capacity 14,000). . It is the most important Italian team and one of the top 5 in Europe. The city's name is pronounced /ˈsɪd.niː/. Olimpia Milano is a successful European basketball team that have won 3 European Cups, a World Cup, 3 Winners' Cups, 2 Korac Cups and 25 National Championships. Sydney significantly raised its global profile in recent years as the host city of the 2000 Olympics.

The capacity for the F1 races is around 137,000 spectators. Sydney is the financial capital of Australia and is also a significant domestic and international tourist destination and is regularly declared to be one of the most beautiful and liveable cities in the world. It one of the world's oldest car racing circuits, and one of the most famous. Built around Sydney Harbour, Sydney is known in Australia as the "Harbour City", and structures on the Harbour such as the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge are globally recognised icons of the city. The famous Monza Formula One circuit is located in the suburbs. Sydney is located on the east coast of Australia and was established in 1788 when Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet landed in Sydney Cove and claimed Australia for the British. Milano Pioltello. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and with a population of over four million people is the most populous city in Australia.

Milano Certosa and Milano/Rho Fiera (for the west). Milano Rogoredo (for the south). Milano/Rho Fiera. Milano Tibaldi.

Milano Romolo. Milano Smistamento/Scalo Farini (cargo-trains). Milano Certosa (passenger station). Milano Porta Romana (passenger and cargo station).

Milano San Cristoforo (passenger and cargo station). Milano Greco (passenger station). Milano Rogoredo (passenger station and cargo station). Milano Lambrate (passenger station).

Milano P.ta Garibaldi (passenger station). Milano Centrale (passenger station - the second busiest Italian station). I.S.E.F. Istituto Europeo di Design.

Verdi" di Milano. Conservatorio Superiore "G. Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera. Beato Angelico.

L.U.C. Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele. Università C.Cattaneo L.I.U.C. Università I.U.L.M.

Scuola Superiore di Direzione Aziendale - Bocconi. Università Bocconi. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Università Statale Milano-Bicocca.

Università Statale. Politecnico di Milano. Verdi. Teatro Studio.

Franco Parenti. Porta Romana. L'Elfo. Out Off.

Olmetto. Litta. Filodrammatici. Della 14a.

Ciak. Smeraldo. San Babila. Piccolo Teatro di Milano.

Nuovo Piccolo Teatro. Nuovo. Ventaglio Nazionale. Manzoni.

CRT - Teatro dell'Arte. Teatro Carcano. Teatro Lirico. Piccolo teatro.

Arcimboldi. Teatro alla Scala. Museo del Risorgimento. Museo di Storia Contemporanea.

Museo di Milano. Museo Archeologico. Museo delle Arti Decorative. Museo degli Strumenti Musicali.

Museo Bagatti Valsecchi. Galleria Vinciana. Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica "Leonardo da Vinci". Museo di Storia Naturale.

Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea. Museo Teatro alla Scala. Palazzo Reale. Museo d’Arte Antica.

Museo della Preistoria e Protostoria. Museo Poldi Pezzoli. Museo Egizio. Castello Sforzesco.

Triennale di Milano. Galleria d'Arte Moderna. Pinacoteca Ambrosiana. Pinacoteca di Brera.

Fuksas (in Rho-Pero). New Milan Fair Complex of M. Pirelli Tower (seat of Lombardy Region and the highest italian skyscraper). Velasca Tower.

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. Palazzo Serbelloni. Central Station (the biggest Italian station). Teatro alla Scala.

Palazzo Reale. Palazzo della Ragione. Ca' Granda (University of Milan). Castello Sforzesco (Sforza Castle).

Duomo. "The Needle and the Yarn" in Piazza Cadorna. Leonardo da Vinci's Horse Statue at Hippodrome. Archi di Porta Nuova.

Roman amphitheatre (scant remains). Leonardo's monument in Piazza della Scala. San Carlo Borromeo in Piazza Borromeo. Oldrado da Trasseno del Palazzo della Ragione.

Napoleone of Canova in Brera. Monumento Cinque Giornate. Mazzini's monument in Piazza della Repubblica. Fontana del Piermarini in Piazza Fontana.

Disc of Pomodoro. Colonne di San Lorenzo. Alessandro Manzoni in Piazza San Fedele. Santo Stefano Maggiore.

San Simpliciano. San Sebastiano. Santa Maria presso San Satiro. Basilica di San Nazaro Maggiore.

Santa Maria del Carmine. Santuario di Santa Maria dei Miracoli. San Marco. Basilica di San Lorenzo Pirelli Tower, Milan .

Basilica di Sant'Eustorgio. San Bernardino alle Ossa. San Babila. Santa Maria delle Grazie (with Leonardo's "Last Supper").

Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio. Sant'Alessandro. Duomo (Milan cathedral). Aermacchi.

Mediobanca. Banca Intesa. Ferrovie Nord Milano. Eni.

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore. Corriere della Sera/RCS. Bugatti.

Mediaset. Motta. Alfa Romeo. Alemagna.

Fiera Milano. Telecom Italia. Pirelli. Gianni Versace.

Prada. Dolce & Gabbana. Giorgio Armani.