Calvairate
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Calvairate is a district ("quartiere
") of Milan
, Italy
. It is part of the Zone 4 administrative division, located east of the city centre.
A small rural settlement ("borgo
") in the area of Calvairate is reported at least from the 16th century. The centre of the settlement was located in what is now Piazzale Marini. In the 19th century the borgo, which was then part of the comune
of Corpi Santi
, quickly developed, and was annexed to Milan in 1873.
The area of Calvairate changed from a rural to an urban district in the 1910s, when the first apartment blocks were built in the area. Nowadays, Calvairate is a residential district, albeit large green areas have been preserved.
Quartiere
A quartiere is a subdivision of certain Italian towns. The word is from quarto, or fourth, and was thus properly used only for towns divided into four neighborhoods. The English word "quarter" to mean a neighborhood A quartiere (plural: quartieri) is a subdivision of certain Italian towns. The...
") 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
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It is part of the Zone 4 administrative division, located east of the city centre.
A small rural settlement ("borgo
Borgo
Borgo is an Italian word , cognate with English borough, German Burg, French bourg, that now usually means the new town outside the walls of an old town...
") in the area of Calvairate is reported at least from the 16th century. The centre of the settlement was located in what is now Piazzale Marini. In the 19th century the borgo, which was then part of the comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
of Corpi Santi
Corpi Santi di Milano
Corpi Santi di Milano is a former Italian comune, established in 1782 and annexed to Milan in 1873. It comprised the rural territory around the city walls of Milan...
, quickly developed, and was annexed to Milan in 1873.
The area of Calvairate changed from a rural to an urban district in the 1910s, when the first apartment blocks were built in the area. Nowadays, Calvairate is a residential district, albeit large green areas have been preserved.