San Vittore Prison

San Vittore is a prison located in the city center of Milan, Italy. Its construction started in 1872 and was opened on 7 July 1879. The prison has place for 600 inmates, but it had 1036 prisoners in 2017.

Photo: Saggittarius A, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Email: cc.milano@giustizia.it
Type: Prison
Description: Prison in the city center of Milan, Italy
Also known as: “Carcere di San Vittore” and “Casa Circondariale Milano “San Vittore””

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Last Supper and Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci.

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 640 metres northeast of San Vittore Prison.

Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.

Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, dedicated to painter and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, is the largest science and technology museum in Italy. Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci is situated 350 metres east of San Vittore Prison.

San Vittore al Corpo

Church

Photo: MarkusMark, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The church and monastery of San Vittore al Corpo were an ancient monastery of the Olivetan order built in the early 16th century. The site was once a fourth century Roman imperial mausoleum of Maximian, that may also have held the burials of the emperors… San Vittore al Corpo is situated 300 metres east of San Vittore Prison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porta Magenta and Porta Genova.

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 Genova

Suburb

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Porta Genova is a neighborhood of Milan, Italy, located within the Zone 6 administrative division. The name "Porta Genova" means "Genoa gate"; the district is named after a city gate of the old Spanish Walls of Milan, namely that leading to Genoa, that used to be in what is now Piazza Cantore.