Calvairate ( lmo, Calvairaa ) is a district (''

quartiere A (; plural: ) is a territorial subdivision of certain Italian towns. The word derives from (‘fourth’) and was thus properly used only for towns divided into four neighborhoods by the two main roads. It has been later used as a synonymous ...

'') of

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

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. 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.Calvairate
(in Italian) The centre of the settlement was located in what is now Piazzale Martini. In the 19th century the borgo, which was then part of the ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' 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.

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