Porta Vittoria, located in Piazza Cinque Giornate,
it was renamed in 1861 after the unification of Italy,
to commemorate the victory.
Before that precise occasion was called Porta Tosa
and was the eastern port city of the English walls.
The arc of the access road to the capital Milanese,
rebuilt by Piermarini in 1780,
rebuilt by Piermarini in 1780,
with a simple and unadorned,
no longer exists because it demolished.
addition, in 1881 it was announced a competition to design
addition, in 1881 it was announced a competition to design
of a monument in memory of the events of 1848,
to celebrate the joint effort of the Italian people for freedom.
was chosen Giuseppe Grandi, master of Impressionism
scapigliatura Milan and Lombardy.
His monument, a bronze obelisk, built in thirteen years, based
on a granite base of Sweden,
surrounded by five female figures.
Opened in 1895, in the crypt are preserved the bones of the fallen
the five days,
one of the most glorious episodes of the Italian Risorgimento.
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