Gallaratese is a district ("
quartiere
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the title of ().
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") of
Milan
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,
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, part of the
Zone 8 administrative division of the city. It is located about 7 km north-west of the city centre. It borders on the ''
comune
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'' of
Pero to the north and on the districts of
Trenno to the west and
Lampugnano to the south; to the east, its ideal border is the eponymous street, which in turn is named after
Gallarate
Gallarate (; Lombard language, Lombard: ''Galaraa'') is a city and ''comune'' of Alto Milanese of Lombardy and of Milan metropolitan area, northern Italy, in the Province of Varese. It has a population of some 54,000 people.
It is the junction ...
, the town it leads to.
History
The project for the Gallaraterse district was first laid down by architect Piero Bottoni in the mid 20th century. The objective was to create a low-income housing district with green areas, effective traffic connection to the city, and functional public services. Construction began in 1957, from a first core of the district named "Gallaratese G.1".
Storia di Milano: dal 1951 al 1960
' (in Italian) The original plan by Bottoni was then refined and developed by over 60 architects, led by
Gianluigi Reggio.
Footnotes
External links
Portal of the Gallaratese district(in Italian)
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Districts of Milan