The Civic Aquarium of Milan (Acquario Civico di Milano in Italian) is an aquarium in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, Italy, and the third oldest aquarium in

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. Built in 1906 on the occasion of the

Milan International The Milan International was a world's fair held in Milan in 1906 titled ''L'Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione'', or sometimes ''The Great Expo of Work''. It received 4,012,776 visits and covered 250 acres. Summary The fair opened on 28 Apri ...

, It is the only surviving building from the event. Sited on the edge of Sempione Park, the aquarium has over 100 different types of underwater life located in several tanks with a particular attention for the fishes and

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of the Italian seacoasts, lakes, and rivers. The facade of the aquarium includes a Neptune statue, the Roman god of water and the sea, created by sculptor Oreste Labò. The aquarium library, which is open to the public, has one of Italy’s most prestigious collection of marine biology publications.

Gallery

File:Acquario milano 2 - statua di nettuno.JPG, Neptune statue File:00183 Acquario MMar.jpg, One of the pools of the aquarium File:Acquario Milano 20095.JPG, Some fish File:Acquario Milano 20092.JPG, A starfish File:Acipenser Naccarii Acquario Milano 20091.JPG, Aquarium with sturgeon File:Reefy.JPG, The

reef A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral or similar relatively stable material, lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic processes— deposition of sand, wave erosion planing down rock o ...

File:Guida dell'Acquario di Milano.jpg, alt=aquarium guidebook cover, Cover of an early guidebook for the aquarium

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