Quinto Romano ( lmo, label=
Milanes
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e, Quint) is a district (''
quartiere
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'') of
Milan
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,
Italy
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, part of the
Zone 7 administrative division of the city. Before being annexed to Milan, it was an autonomous ''
comune
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'' (until 1869) and a ''
frazione
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'' of
Trenno
Trenno is a district (" quartiere") of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 8 administrative division of the city. It borders on green areas to the north and west (on the Boscoincittà city park) and to the south (on the Parco di Trenno); to the east, ...
(from 1869 to 1923).
Quinto Romano was a rural district until the 1960s; the land was then partitioned into 8-9 ''
cascine'' (farms). In the following decades, as most of the Milanese rural outskirts, Quinto experienced a quick urbanization process as a consequence of the economic boom of northern Italy and immigration from the south, which caused a quick expansion of Milan and other industrial cities. As is the case with other outskirts that have experienced this rapid development in those decades, Quinto gained the reputation of a socially and economically degraded district.
Quinto houses "Aquatica", the most important
waterpark
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in Milan.
Districts of Milan
Former municipalities of Lombardy
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