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- 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.
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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. The only remnants of the old gate are the small buildings that used to house the customs offices, which replaced the Spanish gate in the 19th century.
Apr 2, 2016 · Posta a sud-ovest della città, conserva i caselli daziari progettati dal Nazari, realizzati in stile eclettico fra il 1873 e il 1876, e collocati al centro del vasto piazzale che oggi porta il nome di Piazzale Cantore.
The Porta Genova district is located in the southwest of Milan, in relation to the Duomo. It is so called because of the presence of another city gate, one of the entrances through the Spanish walls that stand in Piazza Cantore and where you can still see the 19th-century control booths.
In the famous Navigli area, south of the Cathedral, lies Milan’s historic Porta Genova district. Its name was inspired by the role it played as a major gateway into the city through the Spanish walls, built in 1870, in what is now Piazzale Cantore, where two 19th-century customs houses still stand.
Nov 30, 2012 · Di rilevante la piazza ci offre pochi eccelsi edifici ma anche una chicca particolare come il primo cinema milanese. Qui nel 1897 a Porta Genova, all’angolo tra Piazza Cantore e Via Cicco Simonetta, debuttò il primo e improvvisato cinematografo milanese, denominato “Casino di Meneghino e Cecca della Reale Cinematografica”, che ebbe vita ...
Storia. Uno dei due caselli daziari in piazzale Cantore. Ricavata all'interno dei Bastioni, venne aperta intorno al 1870 per consentire un'agevole comunicazione diretta fra la città e la nuova stazione ferroviaria di Porta Ticinese, dal 1923 rinominata Porta Genova [1], servita dai treni della linea Milano-Mortara .
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.
