Porta Romana

Porta Romana is a station on Line 3 of the Milan Metro which opened on 16 December 1990 as part of the extension of the line from to Porta Romana.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Milan Metro station
  • Also known as: “Porta Romana metro station”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porta Romana and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.

City gate
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is a former of , . In its present form, the gate dates back to the 16th century Spanish walls of Milan. Its origins can be traced further back to the Roman walls of the city, which had a corresponding "Roman Gate" roughly in the same area. is situated 120 metres northwest of Porta Romana.

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The is Italy's oldest active shopping arcade and a major landmark of . 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. is situated 2 km northwest of Porta Romana.

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. is situated 2 km northwest of Porta Romana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porta Romana district and Porta Vigentina.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

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.

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".

Porta Romana

Latitude
45.45153° or 45° 27′ 6″ north
Longitude
9.20321° or 9° 12′ 12″ east
Inception
1990
Operator
ATM
Network
STIBM
Open location code
8FQFF623+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9850493689
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1088096
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Porta Romana” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Porta Romana”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio Pordo Romia”
  • French: “Porta Romana”
  • German: “U-Bahnhof Porta Romana”
  • Hungarian: “Porta Romana”
  • Indonesian: “Stasiun metro Porta Romana”
  • Italian: “Porta Romana”
  • Italian: “stazione di Porta Romana”
  • Korean: “stazione di Porta Romana”
  • Korean: “포르타 로마나역”
  • Lombard: “Porta Romana”
  • Polish: “Porta Romana”
  • Russian: “stazione di Porta Romana”
  • Russian: “Порта Романа”
  • Ukrainian: “Порта-Романа”

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