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Cadorna (Milan Metro)
Cadorna FN is an underground interchange station in Milan, Italy, serving Milan Metro Line 1, Lines 1 and Milan Metro Line 2, 2 of the Milan Metro. The Line 1 station was opened on 1 November 1964 as part of the inaugural section of the Metro, between Sesto Marelli (Milan Metro), Sesto Marelli and Lotto (Milan Metro), Lotto. The Line 2 station was opened on 3 March 1978 as the southern terminus of the extension from Garibaldi FS (Milan Metro), Garibaldi FS. It served as the southern terminus of Line 2 until the extension of the line to Porta Genova (Milan Metro), Porta Genova on 30 October 1983. The station is located at Piazzale Cadorna, Piazzale Luigi Cadorna, opposite to Milano Cadorna railway station, within the municipal area of Milan. It is close to Sforzesco Castle, the Triennale and Parco Sempione. References External linksCadorna underground station layout Line 1 (Milan Metro) stations Line 2 (Milan Metro) stations Railway stations in Italy opened in 1964 {{Mila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logo Metropolitane Italia
A logo (abbreviation of logotype; ) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition. It may be of an abstract or figurative design or include the text of the name that it represents, as in a wordmark. In the days of hot metal typesetting, a logotype was one word cast as a single piece of type (e.g. "The" in ATF Garamond), as opposed to a Typographic ligature, ligature, which is two or more letters joined, but not forming a word. By extension, the term was also used for a uniquely set and arranged typeface or colophon (publishing), colophon. At the level of mass communication and in common usage, a company's logo is today often synonymous with its trademark or brand.Wheeler, Alina. ''Designing Brand Identity'' © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (page 4) Etymology Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper's ''Online Etymology Dictionary'' states that the first surviving written record of the term 'logo' dates back to 1937, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotto (Milan Metro)
Lotto is a station on Lines 1 and 5 of the Milan Metro in Milan, Italy. The underground station was opened on 1 November 1964 as the northwestern terminus of the inaugural section of the Metro, between Sesto Marelli and Lotto. On 8 November 1975, the line was extended by one station to QT8. Since 2015, it has also been served by Line 5. It is located on Piazzale Lorenzo Lotto Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) was an Italian Renaissance painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. He painted mainly altarpie .... References Line 1 (Milan Metro) stations Line 5 (Milan Metro) stations Railway stations in Italy opened in 1964 {{Italy-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 1 (Milan Metro) Stations
Line 1 or 1 line may refer to: Public transport Africa * Line 1 (Algiers Metro), Algeria * Cairo Metro Line 1, Egypt Asia China * Line 1 (Beijing Subway) * Line 1 (Changchun Rail Transit) * Line 1 (Changsha Metro) * Line 1 (Changzhou Metro) * Line 1 (Chengdu Metro) * Line 1 (Chengdu Tram) (planned) * Line 1 (Chongqing Rail Transit) * Line 1 (Dalian Metro) * Line 1 (Dongguan Rail Transit) * Line 1 (Foshan Metro) or Guangfo Metro * Line 1 (Fuzhou Metro) * Line 1 (Guangzhou Huangpu Tram) * Line 1 (Guangzhou Metro) * Line 1 (Guilin Rail Transit) (under construction) * Line 1 (Guiyang Metro) * Line 1 (Hangzhou Metro) * Line 1 (Harbin Metro) * Line 1 (Hefei Metro) * Line 1 (Hohhot Metro) * Line 1 (Jinan Metro) * Line 1 (Kunming Metro) * Line 1 (Lanzhou Metro) * Line 1 (Luoyang Subway) * Line 1 (Nanchang Metro) * Line 1 (Nanhai Tram) * Line 1 (Nanjing Metro) * Line 1 (Nanning Metro) * Line 1 (Nantong Metro) * Line 1 (Ningbo Rail Transit) * Line 1 (Qingdao Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parco Sempione
Parco Sempione ("Simplon Park") is a large city park in the historic center of Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy. Established in 1888, and designed by Emilio Alemagna, it has an overall area of , and it is located inside the Zone 1 administrative division. The vaguely polygonal park is anchored to the southeast by grounds of the Sforza Castle and a linear axis leads in the northwest to the Arch of Peace. The perpendicular axis to these two landmarks is flanked on the northeast by the oval Arena Civica and in the southwest by the Palazzo dell'Arte ("Palace of Art"), built in 1933 to house the Fifth Triennale di Milano art and design exposition, and now a permanent museum, theater, and exhibition hall. Contemporary and near the Palazzo dell'Arte is the steel tower-spire Torre Branca, designed in 1933 by Gio Ponti as ''Tower Littoria'' (Lictor's Tower). Near the Arena, stands the public aquarium. History Prior to the Sempione Park, this site formed the Visconti ducal park or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triennale
The Triennale di Milano is a museum of art and design in the Parco Sempione in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It is housed in the , built between 1931 and 1933 to designs by Giovanni Muzio and financed by Antonio Bernocchi and his brothers Andrea and Michele. The building houses a theatre, the Teatro dell'Arte, which was also designed by Muzio. An international exhibition of art and design, the Milan Triennial, was held at the museum thirteen times between 1936 and 1996, and again in 2016. Since 2003 the Triennale has awarded the triennial Gold Medal for Italian Architecture or ; Umberto Riva, Renzo Piano, Massimiliano Fuksas, Vincenzo Latina Vincenzo is an Italian male given name, derived from the Latin name Vincentius (the verb ''vincere'' means to win or to conquer). Notable people with the name include: Art *Vincenzo Amato (born 1966), Italian actor and sculptor *Vincenzo Bella ... and Massimo Carmassi have been among the recipients. A permanent m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sforzesco Castle
The Sforza Castle ( ; ) is a medieval fortification located in Milan, northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification. Later renovated and enlarged, in the 16th and 17th centuries it was one of the largest citadels in Europe. Extensively rebuilt by Luca Beltrami in 1891–1905, it now houses several of the city's museums and art collections. History The original construction was ordered by Galeazzo II Visconti, a local nobleman, in 1358 – 1370; this castle was known as the ''Castello di Porta Giova'' (or ''Porta Zubia''), from the name of a gate in walls located nearby. It was built in the same area of the ancient Roman fortification of ''Castrum Portae Jovis'', which served as '' castra pretoria'' when the city was the capital of the Roman Empire. It was enlarged by Galeazzo's successors, Gian Galeazzo, Giovanni Maria and Filippo Maria Visconti, until it became a square-plan castle with 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piazzale Cadorna
Piazzale Cadorna (''Cadorna Square'') is sited in the centre of Milan, near Milan Cadorna railway station, Cadorna Railway Station. The square are dedicated to Italian Field Marshal Luigi Cadorna, famous for being chief of staff of the Italian army during the First World War. In the square is also sited the Cadorna (Milan Metro), Cadorna metro station with 2 lines, green and red, of the Milan Metro, Milan metro network. Piazzale Cadorna is famous for the giant sculpture ''Needle, Thread and Knot'' (''Ago, filo e nodo'') by Claes Oldenburg and his wife Coosje van Bruggen. This sculpture was posed in the square during a massive restyling of the square on Gae Aulenti project in 1999, and represents the hard work and talent for the fashion of the city. References Piazzas in Milan, Cadorna {{Milan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta Genova (Milan Metro)
Porta Genova is a station on Line 2 of the Milan Metro. It was opened on 30 October 1983 as the terminus and part of the extension of the line from Cadorna. On 3 April 1985 the line was extended to Romolo. The station is located between Via Valenza Valenza ( or ''Valensá'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about north of Alessandria, in the extreme Montferrat’s offshoots, in the Lombardy’s ... and Via Casale, very close to the Milano Porta Genova railway station. References External links Line 2 (Milan Metro) stations Railway stations in Italy opened in 1983 {{Milan-metro-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garibaldi FS (Milan Metro)
Garibaldi FS is a station on Lines 2 and 5 of the Milan Metro, and the Milan Passante railway. The Line 2 station was opened on 21 July 1971 as part of the extension from Centrale. It served as the western terminus until 3 March 1978, when the first trains could travel the new route to Cadorna Cadorna may refer to *Cadorna (surname), Italian surname *Cadorna (Milan Metro), a subway station *Milano Cadorna railway station, a railway station *Piazzale Cadorna, a Milan, Italy, square *Cadorna, a subclass of the Italian Navy Condottieri clas .... The Passante station was opened in 1997, and the Line 5 station in 2005. The station is located on Viale Don Luigi Sturzo, near the Piazza Sigmund Freud, within the territory of the municipality of Milan. This is an underground station, located under Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station. Garibaldi is the only Metro station in Milan, along with surface station Cascina Gobba, to have four tracks: two tracks are used for normal access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sesto Marelli (Milan Metro)
Sesto Marelli is a station on Line 1 of the Milan Metro. The station was opened on 1 November 1964 as part of the inaugural section of the Metro, between Sesto Marelli and Lotto, and it was the terminus of Line 1 until 1986, when the line was extended to Sesto 1º Maggio. The station is located at the junction between Viale Monza, Viale Tommaso Edison and Viale Ercole Marelli, near the city border with Sesto San Giovanni Sesto San Giovanni (; , ), locally referred to as just Sesto (), is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy. It was awarded with the honorary title of ''città'' (city) by decree of 10 Apri .... However, despite the name ''Sesto'', the station is completely part of the territory of Milan. This is an underground station with two tracks in a single tunnel. References External links Line 1 (Milan Metro) stations Railway stations in Italy opened in 1964 {{Milan-metro-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nearly 1.4 million, while its Metropolitan City of Milan, metropolitan city has 3.2 million residents. Within Europe, Milan is the fourth-most-populous List of urban areas in the European Union, urban area of the EU with 6.17 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan) is estimated between 7.5 million and 8.2 million, making it by far the List of metropolitan areas of Italy, largest metropolitan area in Italy and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is the economic capital of Italy, one of the economic capitals of Europe and a global centre for business, fashion and finance. Milan is reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Metro
The Milan Metro () is the rapid transit system serving Milan, Italy, operated by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. The network consists of five lines with a total network length of , and a total of List of Milan Metro stations, 125 stations (+2 in construction), mostly underground. It has a daily ridership of about 1.4 million on weekdays. The Milan Metro is the largest rapid transit system in Italy in terms of length, number of stations and ridership; and the fifth longest in the European Union and the eighth in Europe. The first line, Milan Metro Line 1, Line 1, opened in 1964; Milan Metro Line 2, Line 2 opened 5 years later in 1969, Milan Metro Line 3, Line 3 in 1990, Milan Metro Line 5, Line 5 (driverless) in 2013, and Milan Metro Line 4, Line 4 (driverless) in 2022. There are also several extensions planned and under construction. The architectural project of the Milan Metro, created by Franco Albini and Franca Helg, and the signs, designed by Bob Noorda, received the Compasso d'O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
