Province of Milan
Milan
Centro Storico

Porta Tenaglia

Porta Tenaglia was one of the gates of the old Spanish walls of , . It owes its name to the so-called "Tenaglia", a fortified walls system that embraced the north-west side of the Sforza Castle.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Arena Civica and Pinacoteca di Brera.

Stadium
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, officially Arena Gianni Brera, is a multi-purpose stadium in , , which was opened on 18 August 1807. One of the city's main examples of neoclassical architecture, today it mainly hosts football and rugby union games, concerts and cultural events.

Museum
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.
The is the main public gallery for paintings in , 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 , which shares the site in the Palazzo Brera.

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is a historical building located in , northern Italy. It was built as the entrance hall of the arena at the beginning of the 19th century by the French, who occupied Milan in 1796.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porta Garibaldi and Brera.

Suburb
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The , previously known as the Porta Comasina, is a located in , Italy, on the old road to . The Neoclassical arch was built to commemorate the visit of Francis I of Austria in 1825.

Suburb
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is a district of , . It is located within the and it is centred on Via . The name stems from Medieval Italian "braida" or "brera", derived from Old Lombardic "brayda", meaning a land expanse either cleared of trees or naturally lacking them.

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Suburban Milan is in the province of Milan.

Porta Tenaglia

Latitude
45.4776° or 45° 28′ 39″ north
Longitude
9.18091° or 9° 10′ 51″ east
Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)
Open location code
8FQFF5HJ+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4545210467
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
12022747
Wiki­data ID
Q3878728
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Western Panjabi—“Porta Tenaglia” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Порта Теналя”
  • Dutch: “Porta Tenaglia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا تيناجليا”
  • Italian: “Porta Tenaglia”
  • Latin: “Porta Forcipis”
  • Russian: “Порта-Теналья”
  • Urdu: “پورتا تیناگلیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “پورتا تیناگلیا”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Galleria Kaufmann Repetto and AcquaGo.

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