Porta Venezia, the city gate, is actually the sixth of the six city gates that Milan once had. During the Napoleonic era in Milan (1796-1815) the gate was called Porta Riconoscenza, for the Milanese Porta Renza. After this period, until 1860 the gate was called Porta Orientale, the eastern gate, because the gate was located in the east of the city and provided access to the road that led to Gorgonzola, east of Milan.

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Porta Venezia, formerly called Porta Orientale (it was renamed in the 18th century, during Austrian rule), was one of the eight toll gates, but above all one of the triumphal …

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CarlottaM

January 12, 2026

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Cycle path under maintenance, there are many slaloms between the flow of cars and the return to the cycle path due to work

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1. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II – Ponte Alda Merini loop from Caiazzo

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90m

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2. Basilica of San Babila – Porta Venezia loop from Pasteur

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3. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II – Piazza del Duomo, Milan loop from Loreto

11.7km

03:03

80m

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Location: Milano, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

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1. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II – Ponte Alda Merini loop from Caiazzo

2. Basilica of San Babila – Porta Venezia loop from Pasteur

3. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II – Piazza del Duomo, Milan loop from Loreto

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