Porta Lodovica

Porta Lodovica is a quarter in Municipio 5, Milan, Lombardy. Porta Lodovica is situated nearby to the quarter Quadronno district, as well as near the neighborhood Santa Sofia.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Santa Maria presso San Celso and Portinari Chapel.

Santa Maria presso San Celso

Church

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

The Portinari Chapel is a Renaissance chapel at the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio, Milan, northern Italy. 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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quadronno district and South Milan.

Quadronno district

Quarter

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Quadronno district is a quarter.

South Milan

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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".