La Scala
One of the world's great opera houses, opened on 3 August 1778 with Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta. It began life as the New Royal Ducal Theatre, and its season still opens each year on 7 December, the feast of Milan's patron saint, Ambrose.
- Where
- Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 45.4673, 9.1888
Get the La Scala stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at La Scala. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Lombardy volume with your photos and a note.
Near La Scala
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II 0.2 km
Italy's oldest active shopping arcade, a four-storey double gallery under a roof of glass and iron, built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877. It links the cathedral square to the square in front of La Scala and is named after the first king of united Italy.
Milan Cathedral 0.4 km
The great Gothic cathedral of Milan, dedicated to the Nativity of Mary and seat of the city's archbishop. Its marble roof bristles with spires and statues, and you can walk out among them high above the piazza.
Pinacoteca di Brera 0.5 km
Milan's main public picture gallery, holding Italian paintings from the 13th to the 20th century in the Palazzo Brera, which it shares with the Brera Academy. Among its best known works are Mantegna's Lamentation over the Dead Christ and Hayez's The Kiss.
Sforza Castle 0.8 km
A brick fortress raised in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remains of an older stronghold. Rebuilt by Luca Beltrami around 1900, it now holds several of the city's museums, including Michelangelo's last sculpture, the Rondanini Pietà.
Santa Maria delle Grazie 1.4 km
A Dominican church and convent whose refectory wall carries Leonardo da Vinci's mural of The Last Supper. Painted in the 1490s on a dry wall rather than wet plaster, it has been restored many times, and the church and painting together form a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Bosco Verticale 2.1 km
Two residential towers in the Porta Nuova district, 116 and 84 metres tall, designed by Boeri Studio. Their balconies are planted with trees and shrubs, so the buildings look like a small forest standing on end above the city.
Monte Generoso 53 km
A mountain of the Lugano Prealps standing on the border with Italy, between Lake Lugano and Lake Como. A rack railway climbs up from Capolago, and the summit looks over the lakes to the Alps and the plain of Lombardy.
Monte San Giorgio 53 km
A wooded mountain of the Lugano Prealps above Lake Lugano, close to the Italian border. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its fossils of ancient marine life, some of which are shown in the small museum at Meride.
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Questions
Where is La Scala?
La Scala is in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (0.2 km), Milan Cathedral (0.4 km), Pinacoteca di Brera (0.5 km).
How do I get the La Scala stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at La Scala and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Lombardy volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to La Scala before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Lombardy volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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