Quintosole 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 (). Formed a ...

") of

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, part of the Zone 5 administrative division. It is a rural district, located within the

Parco Agricolo Sud Milano Parco Agricolo Sud Milano ("Rural Park South Milan") is a large protected rural area located south and south-east of Milan, Italy. The park was established in 1990 with the purpose of preserving, safeguarding, and enhancing the natural and histo ...

nature reserve, south of Milan's

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. Before 1869, it was an autonomous ''

comune 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 City status in Italy, titl ...

''.

History

The oldest known reference to Quintosole dates back to 1346. When the Milanese territory was partitioned into , Quintosole was included in the pieve of

San Donato Milanese San Donato Milanese (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan. It is served by the San Donato underground station right on the borderline bet ...

. In the 17th century Quintosole had a population of about 200. In 1757, the nearby comune of Salvanesco was annexed to Quintosole. Under Napoleonic rule, Quintosole was briefly annexed to Milan, but regained its autonomy when the

Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia The Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (), commonly called the "Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom" (; ), was a constituent land (crown land) of the Austrian Empire from 1815 to 1866. It was created in 1815 by resolution of the Congress of Vienna in recogniti ...

was founded. At the

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in 1861 its population was 928. Eight years later, Quintosole was annexed to

Vigentino Vigentino is a district ("quartiere") of Milan, Italy, part of the Zone 5 administrative division, located south of the city centre. Before 1923, Vigentino was an autonomous, rural ''comune''. By the mid 20th century, agricultural activities were ...

, which in turn became part of Milan in 1923. Districts of Milan Former municipalities of Lombardy {{Milan-geo-stub