VisitaMilano

 Arch of Peace
The Arch was built in the centre of the large Piazza Sempione. It's an example of a monument adapted to the various historical demands. It was initially built in 1807 by Luigi Cagnola during the highest point of the Napoleonic period. The architect was two thirds finished when, after Napoleon was defeated in Waterloo, he was forced to suspend the project. In 1826 Francesco I of Austria ordered the monument's completion to be dedicated to peace, in order to remember the European peace of 1815. When Cagnola passed away in 1833, Francesco Peverelli and Francesco Londonio continued the project to its completion. The same Emperor Ferdinando I of Austrua inaugurated the project on September 10, 1838. The monument's most spectacular element is the Arch's rich decoration (25 meters tall) and the Peace Sestiga (a cart drawn by 6 horses), made of bronze by Abbondio Sangiorgio.

 Archs of Porta Nuova
The double arch, once surrounded by towers, was a part of a round masonry constructed after the Barbarossa destruction of 1162. The marble tabernacle, that represents the Virgin Mary, Child and Saints, was added between 1330 and 1339. During the 1900's, the structure underwent a series of transformations in order to make the dwelling inhabitable.

 Bridge upon the Naviglio river
The Bridge over the Naviglio, made of solid rock, has two arches that date back to the year 1603. It was designed by Napoleon III in order to connect Milan with France. It's part of the piazza 4 Giugno, the Municipality, and the historical landing place of the large boat - "il Barchett", in dialect - which made shuttle trips to the Darsena of Milan along the 40 kilometres of water way.

 Caselli di Porta Genova
The two toll booths were built between 1873 and 1876 on the new Porta Genova train station.

 Corte dei Chiosi (o dei Chiostri)
When you enter through the main door at number 12 of present-day Via Piave, you will notice four acute-angle arches on the ground floor and two windows, also with acute-angle arches, on the first floor. It is what remains of a 13th-century building that was, almost certainly, a Humiliate monastery.

 Porta Garibaldi
Built on 1826, the arch represent the most external city doors on the way towards Como, and it was dedicated to Francesco I of Austria to commemorate his 1825 visit to the region.

 Porta Nuova
Built with sand-stone between 1810 and 1813 with a project designed by the Abate Zanoia. The Porta was built from a triangular pediment held up by two customs houses.

 Porta Ticinese
Porta Ticinese, situated in Piazza XXIV Maggio, is one of the most significant and successful monuments of the Neoclassical period. The French army lead by the Emperor Napoleon entered the city through this Porta, it was rebuilt in 1800, in honour of the victory at Marengo. It is a solemn double tetrastyle Ionic propylaea that dominates the piazza with grandeur and magnificence. The panelled vaulting is of noteworthy beauty, with splendid intricate veining made of pink granite from Baveno, as was the rest of the monument. Starting in 1801 and for the following 14 years, the architect Luigi Cagnola worked on the gate, that, during this time, became known as Marengo. In 1815 the triumphal arch changed its name again and adopted the name Porta Ticinese, and became dedicated to peace.

 Porta Ticinese Medievale
The Porta Ticinese Medievale is one of the most characteristic and important testimony of the city walls built by the Milanese city dwellers in 1171, following the distruction by Barbarossa. Carried to its present form by a nineteenth century restoration, it presents two towers wich include a large central arch. In 1861 the two ogive arches were opened.

 Porta Venezia
Once called Porta Orientale, it was given its present name, Porta Venenzia, in 1860. It grew in importance towards the end of the 18th century and was the first to be renovated along the circle of the Spanish ramparts. The works were started in 1787, based on a design by Piermarini, and interrupted due to fierce criticism. A competition announced in 1826 chose a design by Vantini, who built the two imposing cubes with porticos formed by Doric columns made of pink marble. The statues and bas-reliefs evoking Milanese history were added in 1833.

 Portico of the customs house
In this region of the city, one can appreciate the distinctive atmosphere of the ancient suburb made famous by "Barchett", the boat line that in the 1800s connected Milan. The portico is held up by column capitals, remnants of a Certosine Monks grange.

 Roadman’s house of Porta Volta
The two toll booths, completed in 1880, were designed by Beruto, the municipal engineer and protagonist of Milan city planning at the end of the century. The construction called for the destruction of a bulwark that now only exists in two segments of the demolished Spanish walls.

 San Carlo niche
To the side of the Castle the other side of the street, in tree-lined Piazza Garibaldi, a shrine protects the frescoed image of St. Charles Borromeo. The iconography reproduces the episode of the attempt on his life which Cardinal Borromeo suffered in 1569, when a friar of the Order of the Humiliati tried to kill him with an arquebus.