Vigentina
Vigentina is a quarter in Municipio 5, Milan, Lombardy. Vigentina is situated nearby to the quarter Quadronno district, as well as near Porta Lodovica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Biblioteca Ambrosiana and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.
Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Library
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The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, Italy, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, whose agents scoured Western Europe and even Greece and Syria for books and manuscripts.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
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The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy's oldest active shopping arcade and a major landmark of Milan. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy.
Teatro Carcano
Theater building
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The Teatro Carcano is a theatre in Milan, Italy, located at 63 Corso di Porta Romana. Although now exclusively devoted to plays and dance, it served as an opera house for much of the 19th century and saw the premieres of several important operas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porta Vigentina and Quadronno district.
Porta Vigentina
Quarter
Porta Vigentina was one of the city gates in the Spanish walls of Milan, Italy; the gate has since been demolished, but the phrase "Porta Vigentina" is still used to refer to the district where the gate used to be.
South Milan
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
Southern Milan is chiefly a residential part of Milan. While you can find a couple of old landmarks in here, there aren't as much of them as in the Centro Storico, and this part of the city is more "local" and "ordinary".
Vigentina
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: Municipio 5, Milan, Province of Milan, Grande Milano, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.45116° or 45° 27′ 4″ northLongitude
9.19385° or 9° 11′ 38″ eastElevation
119 metres (390 feet)Open location code
8FQFF52V+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 404140259OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
12022844
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