Bruzzano is a district (quartier) of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

, Italy

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. It is an area located within Zona 9 of the city.

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Its name comes from the latin Bruttianum, as the land owner of the agricultural fundus was a roman citizen coming form Bruttium (today Calabria

Calabria

Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....

). In this region, in fact, there is now the namesake municipality of Bruzzano Zeffirio

Bruzzano Zeffirio

Bruzzano Zeffirio is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 110 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 40 km southeast of Reggio Calabria....

. The first written documents that testify the existence of an independent comune dates back to 1346, while the earliest proof of the existence of the church of Santa Maria Assunta dates back to 1011.

Bruzzano formed a separate municipality until 1869, when it joined Affori

Affori

Affori is a ward of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 9 administrative division of the city, located north of the city centre. It borders with the wards of Bruzzano, Comasina, Bovisasca, Dergano and Niguarda...

, Bresso

Bresso

Bresso is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 8 km north of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 27,052 and an area of 3.38 km²...

 and Dergano

Dergano

Dergano is a district of Milan, Italy. It is an area located within Zona 9 of the city.-See also:*Dergano...

 to form the Comune di Affori e Uniti (named again just Affori since 1912), which was then annexed in Milan in 1923.