Porta Volta is a former city gate of Milan, Italy, part of the Spanish walls. Nowadays, the name "Porta Volta" is most commonly used to refer to the surrounding district, part of the Zone 8 administrative division of the city.
Porta Volta was built in 1860 to connect the city to the Monumentale cemetery. In the following decades it acquired a more important role as a consequence of the construction of Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station, which interrupted the road to Como through Porta Garibaldi. A new road to Como was built to replace the old one. This road was known informally as "Comasina", formally as "Via Carlo Farini". This road branched off from Via Ceresio at Piazzale Antonio Baiamonti, a road junction located immediately outside of Porta Volta.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_Volta
Address 22 Via Alessandro Volta, Milano 20154, Italy
Coordinates 45°28'54.913" N 9°10'55.861" E
