UniCredit Tower
A 238-metre tower whose 80.5-metre spire turns French tricolor, rainbow, and Italian Red Cross red — its light history reads like a ledger of world events.
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César Pelli's 2011 tower is Italy's tallest structure, anchoring Milan's Porta Nuova district at Piazza Gae Aulenti. The real draw is the 80.5-metre spire, covered entirely in programmable LED lights that run continuously after dark — it has mourned Paris, celebrated the Italian Red Cross at 150 years, and lit up in rainbow for Orlando.
What to look for
- The LED spire after dark — its default is the Italian flag; check local event listings for special colors
- The spire's scale: at 80.5 metres it is taller than many buildings it overlooks
- Piazza Gae Aulenti below, the pedestrian plaza that anchors the whole Porta Nuova development
Exit at Porta Garibaldi FS station, which is near the tower; the spire lighting is best viewed from Piazza Gae Aulenti after dark.
UniCredit Tower is one of 35 sights worth the detour in Milan, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Milan pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Milan
- San Siro — Giuseppe Meazza StadiumTwo rival clubs, one ground: the 75,817-seat arena where Milan's football fault line runs.
- Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano)Construction started in 1386 and the final details were finished in 1965 — the city couldn't stop adding to it.
- La ScalaThe gallery gods who booed tenor Roberto Alagna off stage mid-Aida in 2006 still haunt the loggione — the cheapest seats in opera's most feared house.
- Santa Maria delle GrazieThe wall Leonardo painted on was sand-bagged against Allied bombs in 1943 — and held.
- Sforza CastleLeonardo da Vinci painted the ceiling here. Bramante did the walls down the hall.
- Galleria Vittorio Emanuele IIThe direct ancestor of every enclosed shopping mall on earth — and there is still a worn hole in the floor where Milanese spin a heel for luck.