Breda Tower
The Breda Tower is a 30-storey, 117 m skyscraper in Milan, Italy. The tower was built in 1954 on a design by architects Eugenio and Ermenegildo Soncini, with Luigi Mattioni.Photo: Albertomos, Public domain.
- Type: Office building
- Description: 30-storey, 117 m (384 ft) skyscraper in Milan, Italy
- Also known as: “Grattacielo di Piazza della Repubblica” and “Torre Breda”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Milano Repubblica railway station and Milano Centrale Railway Station.
Milano Repubblica railway station
Railway station
Photo: Remontees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Milano Repubblica is an underground railway station in Milan, Italy. It is on the Milan Passante railway and is located at Piazza della Repubblica, in the same location of the old pre-fascist Central Station.
Milano Centrale Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Muns, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Milano Centrale is the main railway station of the city of Milan, Northern Italy, and is the second busiest railway station in Italy for passenger flow and the largest railway station in Europe by volume. Milano Centrale Railway Station is situated 720 metres northeast of Breda Tower.
Repubblica
Metro station
Photo: Andrea Paulina Ordóñez León, CC BY 2.0.
Repubblica is a Milan Metro station on Line 3. Works began in 1984, and it was opened in 1990. Since 1997, it is connected with the Milano Repubblica railway station of the Milan Passante railway. Repubblica is situated 160 metres southwest of Breda Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Centro Direzionale di Milano and North Milan.
Centro Direzionale di Milano
Neighborhood
North Milan
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
While the Centro Storico is the unquestionable heart of Milan, it is the north of the city that is its hub. Here you will find two most important railway stations - the imposing Milano Centrale and busy Porta Garibaldi - as well as the ever-growing array of office towers that make up Milan's modern skyline, housing the headquarters of companies that make Milan Italy's economic capital.
Porta Garibaldi
Suburb
Photo: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Porta Garibaldi, previously known as the Porta Comasina, is a city gate located in Milan, Italy, on the old road to Como. The Neoclassical arch was built to commemorate the visit of Francis I of Austria in 1825.
Breda Tower
- Categories: skyscraper, building, and office
- Location: Municipio 2, Milan, Province of Milan, Grande Milano, Lombardy, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.48038° or 45° 28′ 49″ northLongitude
9.19948° or 9° 11′ 58″ eastInception
1954Height
117 metres (384 feet)Open location code
8FQFF5JX+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 25901357OpenStreetMap feature
building=officeWikidata ID
Q3995141
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Spanish—“Breda Tower” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Torre Breda”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برج بريدا”
- French: “Tour Breda”
- German: “Torre Breda”
- Italian: “Grattacielo di Piazza della Repubblica”
- Italian: “Torre Breda”
- Lombard: “Torr Breda”
- Slovak: “Torre Breda”
- Spanish: “Torre Breda”
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