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Oriental gateway
Once known as "Porta Orientale", the "eastern gate", in the Spanish city walls, these two buildings were made to a design by Rodolfo Vantini from 1827 to 1828, following a competition launched to replace Piermarini's work that had been left unfinished. The square-plan buildings have loggias on three sides. The design testifies to the transformation, which had already begun with Piermarini's design (1787-1789), of the fortified gates into administrative buildings. Facing the direction of Vienna, the monument would later lose significance when Napoleon took command and built the Arch of Peace.
| Neighborhood: | Downtown |
| Address: | Piazza Oberdan |
| Milan, 20129 | |
| Nearest train: | MM1 P.ta Venezia |