Porta Vigentina was one of the city gates in the
Spanish walls of
Milan
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,
Italy
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; the gate has since been demolished, but the phrase "Porta Vigentina" is still used to refer to the district ("
quartiere
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Formed a ...
") where the gate used to be. The area is part of the
Zone 5 administrative division of Milan.
The gate controlled access to Milan, via the "Strada Vigentina" road, connecting the city to
Pavia
Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino (river), Ticino near its confluence with the Po (river), Po. It has a population of c. 73,086.
The city was a major polit ...
. The road was named after the town of
Vigentino (now part of Milan), located some 20 miles from Pavia.
Districts of Milan
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