Portello (district of Milan)

Coordinates: 45°29′4.06″N 9°8′51.63″E / 45.4844611°N 9.1476750°E

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Portello
Quartiere of Milan

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Coordinates: 45°29′4.06″N 9°8′51.63″E / 45.4844611°N 9.1476750°E / 45.4844611; 9.1476750
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Milan
Comune	Milan
Zone	8
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Portello is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 8 administrative division of the city, located north-west of the centre. It is best known as a car-manufacturing area, as it used to house facilities of Alfa Romeo (now dismissed),^[1] Darracq, Citroën, and Fiat. The district also includes one of the major shopping malls in north-western Milan. It is crossed by the Circonvallazione ring road. Portello is adjacent to the new CityLife district.

History

Portello was one of the major urban requalification process in Milan, as the former Alfa Romeo area (385,000 m²) is now being restructured. The project includes a major park^[2] called Parco Vittoria^[3] and what will become the largest plaza in Milan^[4] (20,000 m²),^[5] as well as commercial, service and housing infrastructures.

The name of the district comes from the "Strada del Portello" (Portello road), an ancient rural road that used to connect Milan to Rho, and that was later replaced by the new Strada del Sempione ("Simplon Road") leading to the Simplon Pass; the old Portello road is now known as "Via Traiano". In turn, the road was named after the Portello city gate, that was part of the city walls and that was located in the surroundings of the modern Cadorna railway station.

Parco Vittoria

The design of Parco Vittoria, by architects Charles Jencks and Andreas Kipar, includes several unusual elements, and it is based on the general theme of time. It will comprise a large round lake, with a strip-shaped promontory that will allow pedestrians to walk to the center of the lake itself. A helix shaped hill (called "The Spiral of Time") will provide a panoramic view of the city; an artistic representation of the double DNA helix will be placed on top of the hill. Both the lake and the hill will be part of a park section called "Time Garden", partitioned into three areas dedicated to prehistory, history and present times.^[3]

Grand Prix racing

The district hosted a city circuit in which 1947 Italian Grand Prix was held.

Footnotes

^ History of Alfa Romeo facilities in Portello (in Italian)
^ Requalification projects for Portello (in Italian)
^ ^a ^b Parco Vittoria (in Italian)
^ Portello, la Milano dei grandi spazi (in Italian)
^ Al Portello la piazza più grande di Milano (in Italian)

v t e Zones and quarters of Milan
Zone 1	Brera Centro Storico Conca del Naviglio Guastalla Porta Sempione Porta Tenaglia
Zone 2	Adriano Crescenzago Gorla Greco Loreto Maggiolina Mandello Mirabello Ponte Seveso Porta Nuova Precotto Stazione Centrale Turro Villaggio dei Giornalisti
Zone 3	Casoretto Cimiano Città Studi Dosso Lambrate Ortica Porta Monforte Porta Venezia Quartiere Feltre Rottole
Zone 4	Acquabella Calvairate Castagnedo Cavriano Forlanini Gamboloita La Trecca Monluè Morsenchio Nosedo Omero Ponte Lambro Porta Vittoria Porta Romana Rogoredo San Luigi Santa Giulia Taliedo Triulzo Superiore
Zone 5	Basmetto Cantalupa Case Nuove Chiaravalle Chiesa Rossa Conca Fallata Fatima Gratosoglio Le Terrazze Macconago Missaglia Morivione Porta Lodovica Porta Vigentina Quintosole Ronchetto delle Rane San Gottardo Selvanesco Stadera Torretta Vaiano Valle Vigentino
Zone 6	Arzaga Barona Boffalora Cascina Bianca Conchetta Creta Foppette Giambellino-Lorenteggio Lodovico il Moro Moncucco Porta Genova Porta Ticinese Ronchetto sul Naviglio San Cristoforo Sant'Ambrogio Teramo Villa Magentino Villaggio dei Fiori
Zone 7	Assiano Baggio Figino Fopponino Forze Armate Harar La Maddalena Muggiano Porta Magenta Quartiere degli Olmi Quarto Cagnino Quinto Romano San Siro Valsesia Vercellese
Zone 8	Boldinasco Bullona Cagnola Campo dei Fiori Cascina Triulza Comina Fiera Gallaratese Garegnano Ghisolfa Lampugnano Musocco Porta Volta Portello Quarto Oggiaro QT8 Roserio San Leonardo Trenno Varesina Vialba Villapizzone
Zone 9	Affori Bicocca Bovisa Bovisasca Bruzzano Ca' Granda Centro Direzionale Comasina Dergano Fulvio Testi Isola La Fontana Montalbino Niguarda Porta Garibaldi Porta Nuova Prato Centenaro Segnano

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Districts of Milan

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History

Parco Vittoria

Grand Prix racing

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