What is "piola"

Piola may refer to:

• Domenico Piola (1624–1703), an Italian artist from Genova
• Gabrio Piola (1794–1850), an Italian physicist, after whom a piazza in Milan, and subsequently its metro station, were named
• Silvio Piola (1913–1996), an Italian footballer
• Valle Piola, a deserted village located in the commune of Torricella Sicura in the Province of Teramo in the Abruzzo Region of Italy
• The Uzbek name for a piala, a type of bowl for drinking tea from.

Piola is a station on Line 2 of the Milan Metro. The station is located on the corner between Via Giovanni Pacini and Via Antonio Bazzini, just east of the Piazzale Gabrio Piola. The station serves Lambrate neighborhood and the district called Città Studi (study city), a big urban university area comprising Politecnico di Milano and the Milan University campuses.

Piola is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:

• Piola colombica Martins & Galileo, 1999
• Piola quiabentiae Marinoni, 1974
• Piola rubra Martins & Galileo, 1999
• Piola unicolor Martins & Galileo, 1999