Porta Sempione
Porta Sempione is a city gate of Milan, Italy. The name is used both to refer to the gate proper and to the surrounding district, a part of the Zone 1 division, including the major avenue of Corso Sempione.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Gate
- Description: historical gate of Milan
- Also known as: “Arco della pace”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Library Parco Sempione and The Last Supper.
Library Parco Sempione
Library
Photo: Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Library Parco Sempione is situated 220 metres southeast of Porta Sempione.
The Last Supper
Work of art
Photo: Leonardo da Vinci, Public domain.
The Last Supper is a mural painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1495–1498, housed in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. The Last Supper is situated 1 km south of Porta Sempione.
Pinacoteca di Brera
Museum
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.
The Pinacoteca di Brera is the main public gallery for paintings in Milan, Italy. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings from the 13th to the 20th century, an outgrowth of the cultural program of the Brera Academy, which shares the site in the Palazzo Brera. Pinacoteca di Brera is situated 1¼ km east of Porta Sempione.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Milan and Porta Tenaglia.
West Milan
Western Milan is the part of the city that encompasses its only UNESCO World Heritage Site, which includes a famous painting. Other sights are a cemetery with - as the name reveals - monumental tombs, and the old fair centre where you might end up if you are visiting Milan on a business trip.
Porta Tenaglia
Suburb
Porta Tenaglia was one of the gates of the old Spanish walls of Milan, Italy. It owes its name to the so-called "Tenaglia", a fortified walls system that embraced the north-west side of the Sforza Castle.
Porta Magenta
Suburb
Porta Magenta, formerly known as Porta Vercellina, was one of the city gates of Milan, Italy. The gate was established in the 9th century, with the Roman walls of the city; it was moved with the medieval and Spanish walls, and was finally demolished in the 19th century.
Porta Sempione
- Category: city gate
- Location: Centro Storico, Milan, Province of Milan, Grande Milano, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Porta Sempione” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “和平之門”
- Dutch: “Porta Sempione”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا سيمبيون”
- Italian: “Arco della Pace”
- Italian: “Porta Sempione”
- Spanish: “Puerta Sempione”
- Urdu: “پورتا سیمپیون”
- Uzbek: “Porta Sempione”
- Western Panjabi: “پورتا سیمپیون”
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