Porta Lodovica

Porta Lodovica was a city gate of the Spanish walls of , , named after Ludovico Sforza. According to a survey conducted by Scenari Immobiliari in 2020, this area is in first place in the ranking of the neighborhoods that offer the best liveability in Milan.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Santa Maria presso San Celso and Portinari Chapel.

Church
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Santa Maria dei Miracoli presso San Celso is a Roman Catholic church and a sanctuary in , , northern .

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The is a Renaissance chapel at the , , northern . Commenced in 1460 and completed in 1468, it was commissioned by Pigello Portinari as a private sepulchre and to house a silver shrine given by Archbishop Giovanni Visconti in 1340 containing the relic head of St.

Library
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The is a historic in , , 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 and for books and manuscripts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Milan and Ticinese.

Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
Southern Milan is chiefly a residential part of . 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".

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Quarter
was one of the city gates in the Spanish walls of , ; 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.

Porta Lodovica

Latitude
45.45208° or 45° 27′ 8″ north
Longitude
9.18662° or 9° 11′ 12″ east
Elevation
125 metres (410 feet)
Open location code
8FQFF52P+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11048341427
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
12022892
Wiki­data ID
Q3878748
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Lombard—“Porta Lodovica” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Porta Lodovica”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورتا لودوفيكا”
  • Italian: “Porta Lodovica”
  • Lombard: “Porta Ludovica”

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