Former Municipalities of Lombardy - Affori, Arcumeggia, Assiano, Baggio (District of Milan), Bicocca (District of Milan), Bruzzano, Chiaravalle (Distri (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Affori, Arcumeggia, Assiano, Baggio (district of Milan), Bicocca (district of Milan), Bruzzano, Chiaravalle (district of Milan), Cimiano, Colognola, Corpi Santi di Milano, Crescenzago, Dergano, Figino, Italy, Garegnano, Giambellino-Lorenteggio, Greco (district of Milan), Lambrate, Lampugnano, Muggiano (district of Milan), Musocco, Niguarda, Prato Centenaro, Precotto, Quarto Cagnino, Quintosole, Quinto Romano, Redona, Ronchetto sul Naviglio, Roserio, Segnano, Trenno, Turro, Vaiano Valle, Valtesse, Vialba, Vigentino, Villapizzone. Excerpt: Giambellino and Lorenteggio are two historical and populous residential blocks of Milan, Italy. Together, they form a district ("quartiere") which is variously called "Giambellino," "Lorenteggio," Giambellino-Lorenteggio or Lorenteggio-Giambellino; the district is part of the Zone 6 administrative division of Milan. The district is centered along two parallel streets (more than 2 km long), Via Giambellino and Via Lorenteggio, that extend from the south-west of Milan outwards to the border of the comune of Corsico. These two main streets house a number of shops and stores, and together form a peripheral shopping district. The area is nevertheless mainly residential, with both high-income housing (especially in the area of Via Soderini, Via Arzaga, Via San Gimignano, and the innermost part of Via Lorenteggio) and low-income housing (especially in Via Giambellino and the peripheral part of the district). The original, rural settlement from which the district evolved was a rural comune named "Lorenteggio e Uniti." The toponymy "Lorenteggio," in turn, comes from the diminutive "Laurentiglio" of proper noun "Laurente." In 1800, Lorenteggio had 143 inhabitants. In 1841, part of Lorenteggio was annexed to Corsico, while the rest became part of the Corpi Santi comune. The boundary between...