Morivione is a district ("
quartiere") of the city of
Milan
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,
Italy
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, part of the
Zone 5 administrative division, located south of the city centre. It is informally defined as the area enclosed within four streets, namely Viale Toscana, Via Ripamonti, Via Antonini and Via Bazzi. The district is especially associated to the celebrations in honour of
Saint George
Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...
, where Milanese people would traditionally drink milk and eat a kind of sweet called pan de mein ("millet bread").
[Tesorio, Giuseppe.]
Il brigante Vione e il suo quartiere
" ''Corriere della Sera
The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015.
First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of It ...
''. Page 9. 12 February 2011. Retrieved on 6 September 2011.
The name "Morivione" is supposedly a reference to a brigant named Vione Squilletti who would raid the Milanese country between the 13th and 14th century. According to a local legend, he was captured and sentenced to death on 24 April 1339; the next day, a commemorative painting of Saint George killing a dragon was made, with the phrase "qui morì Vione" ("here died Vione"), hence "Morivione".
The district main street is the eponymous Via Morivione, which is also the last remnant of the ancient ''
borgo
Borgo may refer to the following places:
Finland
* Borgå
France
* Borgo, Haute-Corse
Italy
* Borgo (rione of Rome), a ''rione'' in the City of Rome.
*Borgo a Mozzano, in the province of Lucca
*Borgo d'Ale, in the province of Vercelli
*Borgo di ...
''; the street connects Morivione to Milan going through what used to be
Porta Lodovica
Porta Lodovica was a city gate of the Spanish walls of Milan, Italy, named after Ludovico Sforza. According to a survey conducted by Scenari Immobiliari in 2020, this area is in first place in the ranking of the neighborhoods that offer the best l ...
, one the city gates of the
Spanish walls of Milan. The rest of the district is mainly a residential and tertiary area.
Economy
Lufthansa Italia
Lufthansa Italia S.p.A. was an Italian airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of the German Lufthansa Group headquartered in Milan and based at Milan–Malpensa Airport. Operations started on 2 February 2009 and ceased on 29 October 2011. has its head office in the Centro Leoni complex in the district.
[IMPRESE TITOLARI DI LICENZA DI TRASPORTO AEREO]
" Italian Civil Aviation Authority. 11 January 2011. Retrieved on 18 January 2011. "Via Giovanni Spadolini n. 7 20141 MILANO (MI)"Directions
" Centro Leoni. Retrieved on 18 January 2011. "Via Spadolini 5/7, Milano"
Footnotes
Districts of Milan
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