Porta Garibaldi
Placed north of the city, it addresses the way to Como. The arch was firstly built for the imperor Francesco I d’austria for his second visit to the the city in 1825, when coming from Como. In 1859 Giuseppe Gribaldi passed through it after the victories in Varese and San fermo. In 1960 was dedicated to those battles, still today you can read the engraves: « Qui sull’orme del nome nemico / Il ferro dell’italica gioventù / incise le vittorie comensi / MDCCCLIX » Here where the enemy stood we put the gear of the new Italy with our victories
ISSUE N. ZERO - SEPTEMBER 2017
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