Roserio
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Roserio is a district of Milan
Milan
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, Italy
Italy
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, part of the Zone 8 administrative division of the city. It is the northermost district, bordering on the comune
Comune
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of Baranzate
Baranzate
Baranzate, formerly a frazione of the commune of Bollate, is a commune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy. It was created in 2004 after its previous establishment, in 2001, had been declared unconstitutional. It is located about 8 km northwest of Milan...

. Before being annexed to Milan, it has been an autonomous comune, as well as part of Bollate
Bollate
Bollate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 10 km northwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 37,556 and an area of 15.9 km²....

 and of Musocco
Musocco
Musocco is a district of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 8 administrative division of the city, located north-west of the centre in the direction of Varese. The prominent structure of the district is the Cimitero Maggiore , Milan's largest cemetery...

.

Roserio is best known for the Luigi Sacco hospital, located in Piazzale Roserio, which is a prominent hospital of Milan, and the most advanced in the treatment of infectious disease
Infectious disease
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s.

Roserio's main connection to Milan is a tramway (line 12) that has its terminal in Piazzale Roserio; the tramway goes south to the very centre of Milan (Piazza Duomo). Anyway, due to its geographical location, Roserio is much more connected to Baranzate than it is to Milan.

Roserio is also the seat of a major CMP (Centro di Meccanizzazione Postale, Postal Mechanization Centre), i.e., a centre devoted to forwarding and sorting mail (especially international mail). In the 2000s, the Roserio CMP has been largely criticized for poor service, long delays and lost packages.

History

Roserio developed from an ancient rural settlement. When the Milanese territory was partitioned into pieve
Pieve
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s, Roserio was assigned to the pieve of Bollate
Bollate
Bollate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 10 km northwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 37,556 and an area of 15.9 km²....

. Under Napoleonic
Napoleon I
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 rule, it became part of Bollate, to regain its autonomy with the advent of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. In 1869 it was annexed to Musocco
Musocco
Musocco is a district of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 8 administrative division of the city, located north-west of the centre in the direction of Varese. The prominent structure of the district is the Cimitero Maggiore , Milan's largest cemetery...

, which in turn became part of Milan in 1923.

After being annexed to Milan, the area of Roserio changed rapidly from a rural to a suburban environment. A major development of the area occurred with the construction of the Luigi Sacco hospital and connections to the A4 and Laghi motorways.

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